Learn about the history of Hemp. Explore the timeline of Hemp uses. Discover the medical and scientific research behind Hemp and Cannabis.
Cannabis was introduced into Western medicine in the middle of the 19th century. By the end of the 19th century and early 20th century, the availability and usage of cannabis extracts had reached an all-time high. Cannabis had previously been used both as a medicine and a recreational drug in China and India before spreading to the Middle East, Africa, and South America.
Meet Gertrude Belle Elion, the first woman inducted in the National Inventors Hall of fame. Elion was the daughter of immigrants, graduated college at 19 and went on to pursue a PhD in Chemistry. She struggled to find work during a time when women were refused positions in laboratories. Elion persevered and in 1950, she …
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“I am the original new woman…Why, before Lucy Stone, Mrs.Bloomers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony were— before they were, I am.” Mary Edwards Walker, MD was a surgeon, abolitionist, prisoner of war, prohibitionist and a #badass during the 1800s. Walker was the first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor- awarded for her work in …
