Below is a celebration of extraordinary Power Women throughout time, a jewel or artifact that relates to her, and a modern interpretation of this narrative in jewelry.
Rosalind Franklin
1920 - 1958
”The Dark Lady of DNA”
“Photograph 51”
Helix Engagement Ring
@DaouJewellery
Rose Valland
1898 - 1980
A woman among
“The Monuments Men”
Rose Valland
at the @JeudePaumeParis
@LeGroupeLaPoste stamp honoring her
Cynisca or Kyneska
440 BC
First woman in history to win at the Ancient Olympic Games
Ancient High Status
Horse Buckles
@TheMorganLibrary
Horse Hair Jewels
@LorenNicoleJewelry
Ada Lovelace
1815 - 1852
First computer programmer
Painting by Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Analytical Engine
@ScienceMuseum (London)
@ComputerHistory (California)
Spark Cluster earrings
@DaouJewellery
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1689 - 1762
Travel writer and
inoculation advocate
@NationalPortraitGallery
Imperial Ottoman aigrette @Sothebys
Sapphire Hair Pin
@JoThorneStudio
Mary Anning
1799 – 1847
Paleontologist, geologist, anatomist and scientific illustrator
@Natural_History_Museum
Ammonite Graveyard
at Lyme Regis in Dorset (England)
Trilobite Earrings
@FeralJewelry
Omphale
Mythical Queen of Lydia
(and her "boy toy" Hercules)
Ancient Omphale and Hercules intaglio and cameo
@MFABoston and @MetMuseum
Omphale and Hercules
intaglio pendants @LorenNicoleJewelry
and @LalaRagimov
Hypatia
Hellenistic astronomer, mathematician, philosopher and beyond (350 - 415 AD)
Drawing by Jules Maurice Gaspard
Astrolabe
A former Sotheby's auction item
Al-Andalus (Spain)
1020 AD
Sun Pendant
@MakovaJewelry
Suzanne Belperron
1900 - 1983
Jewelry Designer
Knight of the Légion d’Honneur
1963
"Corne" Earring Clips
@Belperron
Catherine the Great
Empress of Russia from 1762 - 1796
Painting by Fyodor Rokotov
Bow Diamond Necklace
commissioned between 1760 and 1780
@Sothebys
Bow Jewelry
@KristinHanson
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt 69 - 30 BC
Painting by John William Waterhouse
Cleopatra coin
1st Century BC
@BritishMuseum
Artemis Medallion Pendant
@Dubini_Official
Sappho
Poetess and educator around 615 BC
Pompeii fresco 55-79 AD
@MuseoArcheologicoNapoli @UnescoWorldHeritage
Eros Earrings
4th Century BC
@DallasMuseumArt
Phoenix Ear Climbers
@DaouJewellery
Metrodora
Greek physician and first female medical book author
“Parturition Scene” from Ostia, Italy (400 BC - 300 AD) @ScienceMuseum in London
Gold Amulet
600BC
Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens
Forbidden Fruits Earrings
@OrnellaIannuzzi
Ancient Minoan Women
@MetMuseum
Gold Carved Signet Ring
1500 - 1200 BC
Diamond Pinky Signet Ring
@DinaKamalDK01
Dame Zaha Hadid
Architect, First Female Winner of the
Pritzker Architecture Prize (and many more)
"Tela" Shelving
Earrings Inspired by "Tela" Shelving
@DJoyaStoriesInJewels
Enheduanna
First Named Author in History
@pennmuseum
Lapis Lazuli & Gold Leaf Necklace
2600 BC
@BritishMuseum
Fair Trade Lapis Lazuli Earrings
@Aayenda.Jewelry
Empress Theodora
Basilica of San Vitale
Byzantine Brooch
@TheMorganLibrary
