EVB2937244: Peter Zenger's Philadelphia lawyer, Andrew Hamilton, defying court protocol, directly addresses the jury during his trial for seditious libel against the appointed corrupt colonial governor, William Crosby. The jury acquitted Zenger after only 10 minutes deliberation. 1735 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2937391: Gertrude Theresa Cori (1896-1967), was the third women to receive the Nobel Prize, which she shared with her husband Carl and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887-1971). The trio won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries in the biochemistry of glycogen, main form of carbohydrate storage in humans. 1948 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2938327: Ruth Nichols 1901-1960 wearing a fur parka in 1931 the year she set three records for women pilots the women's world altitude record of 28 743 feet women's world speed record of 210.7 miles per hour and women's distance record with a flight from Oakland California to Louisville Kentucky 1 977 miles. LC-USZ62-118076 / Bridgeman Images