Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in Sevierville, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children. Growing up in the Smoky Mountains, her family had very little money, but they were rich in faith, music, and storytelling. Dolly often credits those early years for shaping the person and...
Julia Child transformed the way Americans thought about cooking. Before becoming a household name, she worked for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II before discovering her passion for French cuisine while living in Paris. She later trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu and dedicated herself to...
This month Crazy Woman Cellars honors Deborah Sampson. A woman who refused to let the limitations of her time define her. Born in 1760, she grew up during the American Revolution when women were expected to remain on the sidelines. Instead, Deborah made the courageous decision to disguise herself as...
This month, we honor Connie Chung, a trailblazer in journalism whose groundbreaking career helped reshape the landscape of broadcast news. Through intelligence, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, Chung broke barriers and paved the way for future generations of women and Asian Americans in media. Born in Washington, D.C.,...
They called her alarmist.They said she was overreacting.They told her she didn’t understand the science. But Rachel Carson understood exactly what was at stake. Born in 1907 in rural Pennsylvania, Carson grew up surrounded by nature, developing a lifelong respect for the delicate balance of the natural world. She studied...
This month Crazy Woman Cellars celebrates the famous American aviator known for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart. Born on July 24, 1897, in Kansas, she developed a love for adventure and flying at a young age. Earhart became a symbol of bravery...
This month Crazy Woman Cellars celebrates the fierce author, philosopher and intellect Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand was her pen name, as she was born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905 in communist Russia. She was 12 years old during the October Revolution in Russia, which destroyed her family life...
Irena Sendler was born Irena Krzyżanowska on February 15, 1910, in Otwock, Poland. In 1931 Sendler married Mieczysław Sendler, and the couple moved to Warsaw before the outbreak of World War II. In Warsaw, Sendler became a social worker, overseeing the city’s “canteens,” which provided assistance to people in need. When the Nazis invaded Poland...
Today we honor one of the greatest tennis players of all time and champion of gender equality, Billie Jean King. King (née Billie Jean Moffitt) was born in Long Beach, CA on November 22, 1943 into a family of athletes. She played softball as a young child and switched to...
Ever heard of a little car company called Mercedes Benz? Today we honor the CRAZY co-founding entrepreneur, Bertha Benz. That’s right, one of the co-founders of Mercedes Benz, the source of the seed money, and the mind behind the marketing, was a woman. Bertha Ringer married Karl Benz in 1872...
We honor the CRAZY and AMAZING Wang Zhenyi. This badass woman was a famous scientist and astronomer during the Qing Dynasty. Born in 1768 in China, at a time when women were largely forbidden from reading, she was self taught in advanced mathematics and astronomy. She was also an accomplished...
C R A Z Y Protective - We celebrate Truus Wijsmuller, who devoted her life to rescuing Jewish children from the Nazis. She delighted in caring for others, and even though she could not have any children of her own, she became a mother to thousands. She volunteered with...
Sarojini Naidu, The Nightingale of India, was an Indian political activist, poet, and first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress . Naidu was born February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, India. Following her studies and work as a suffragist in England, Naidu became interested in Indian National...
Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr (née Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was born on November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. She appeared in 30 films during her 28 year film career.At the start of WWII, Lamarr, along with with George Anthiell, developed a radio guidance system using frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology...
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 or 1821. At a young age she suffered a severe head injury and suffered seizures the rest of her life. She escaped slavery in 1850 and worked as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad in Maryland. She was illiterate, but employed coded songs...
Rosa Parks, born February 4, 1913, is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger on December 1, 1955. Parks' fight for equality was measured over a lifetime. Parks joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943, serving as the...