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Queen Maacah was the wife and cousin of King Rehoboam (r. 931-913 BC), the mother of King Abijam (r. 913-910 BC). Her husband, Rehoboam, whose mother was Queen Namaah, was the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. His father, King Solomon, son of King David (r. 1011-971 BC) and Bathsheba, reigned as the last king of the United Kingdom of Israel.
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This week's beYOUteous blog post features Queen Adad-Guppi, the daughter of King Ashurbanipal II and Ashursharrat l of Assyria… and mother to King Nabonidus, father of Biblical King Belshazzar.
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Queen Vashti was the wife of King Xerxes I and a queen of Persia. She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet.
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Queen Artemisia I was of Carian-Greek ethnicity by her father Lygdamis I (r. 520-484 BC), and half-Cretan by her mother. She took the throne after the death of her husband.
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This week's blog post features Assyrian Queen Sammu-Ramat. Accomplishments during her reign helped stabilize the Assyrian Empire after the civil war.
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Lozen was a skilled warrior, shaman of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache born around 1840. She excelled in horseback riding, shooting, roping, and horse thievery. She along with Dahteste, Geronimo, and the rest of the Apache natives surrendered to American troops and were train bound to Fort Pickens in Florida. She's said to be buried in Alabama in an unmarked grave.
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Nzinga Mbandi became queen of Ndongo in 1624 at a time when the kingdom was under attack from both Portuguese as well as neighboring African aggressors.
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Discover the lives of five women who've left their mark in ancient civilizations.
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Boudica led a revolt against the Romans approximately 17 years after Rome’s invasion of Britain that resulted in the destruction of at least two Roman settlements.
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Florence Kelley, the first woman factory inspector in the United States, was born September 12, 1859 in Philadelphia, PA to William Kelley and Caroline Bonsall. She fought for government regulation to protect working women and children.
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Margaret Mead was a cultural anthropologist born on December 16, 1901. Her college professor, Franz Boas, believed that by living with groups of people and studying how they act, anthropologists can learn new ways to understand humans.
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Mary Riddle felt that public opinion was that women would never be successful pilots and she wanted to prove them wrong. She made her first solo flight on May 10, 1930 then earned her commercial pilot’s license in 1933.
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Ruth Elder was determined to become the female Charles Lindbergh, and the first woman to cross the Atlantic. She was a charter member of The Ninety-Nines, starred in Moran of the Marines (1928) and The Winged Horseman (1929).
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Olive Ann Beech was born on September 25, 1903 in Waverly, Kansas to Franklin Benjamin Mellor and Susannah Miller Mellor. She was the youngest of four girls and would become the co-founder, president, and chairwoman of Beech Aircraft Corporation. Her career spanned 50 years prior to her retirement in September 1982, she was the first woman to head a major aircraft company.
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Celebrated in the United States and in various countries around the world, March is Women's History Month. In this post, you'll discover seven influential women who’ve left their mark in various frontiers.
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In 1903, Maggie Walker founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, offering checking and savings accounts, mortgages, and loans to provide economic empowerment to women and help strengthen Richmond's emerging black middle class.
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Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross around 1820 in Bucktown, Maryland. She would escape to Pennsylvanian in 1849 and return to Maryland to free her family and others for the next ten years through the Underground Railroad.
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As a WEPs signatory, beYOUteous stands in solidarity with the United Nations to end gender inequality in the workplace, marketplace and community.
