People & Profiles

Profiles of people who shaped the places and institutions we cover.

The Juliette Gordon Low birthplace in Savannah, Georgia

People & Profiles

March 17, 2026

Juliette Gordon Low and the first Girl Scout...

Nikola Tesla, about 1890

People & Profiles

March 1, 2026

Nikola Tesla and the fight over alternating current

Portrait of Jane Addams

People & Profiles

February 12, 2026

Jane Addams and Hull House, the Chicago settlement...

Katherine Johnson at NASA in 1966

People & Profiles

January 16, 2026

Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician behind early spaceflights

Jonas Salk

People & Profiles

December 29, 2025

Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine he would...

Madam C.J. Walker photographed by Addison Scurlock

People & Profiles

December 16, 2025

Madam C.J. Walker and the hair care company...

Portrait of Dorothea Dix

People & Profiles

November 24, 2025

Dorothea Dix and her campaign for the mentally...

Frederick Law Olmsted, about 1895

People & Profiles

November 9, 2025

Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer behind Central Park