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I just started in the 1800’sSojourner vTruthHuman rights, preaching1797-1893As a preacher, Truth campaigned nationwide for the abolition of slavery and important women’s rights. Also raised money for black Union soldiers.Dorothea DixSocial reform and war nursing1802-1887An advocate of asylum, poorhouse and prison reform, she also helped alleviate Civil War misery as Superintendent of Female Nurses.Phoebe Palmerwriting, evangelism1807-1874One of the founders of the Holiness Movement, Methodist evangelist Palmer advocated Christian perfection or the cleansing of original sin prior to death.Harriet Beecher StoweAntislavery,fiction1811-1896Famous for her controversial novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an antislavery story based on her experiences. Also spoke against slavery.Elizabeth Cady StantonAbolition and women's rights1815-1902Stanton (and important friend Susan B. Anthony) fought for women’s suffrage when the 14thand 15thamendments excluded gender equality.Biddy MasonBusiness, real estate and philanthropy1818-1891Winning freedom from slavery, she worked as a nurse/midwife, and became a canny, wealthy entrepreneur. She lavished money on charities.Lucy StoneWomen's suffrage and abolition1818-1893A pioneer in the movement for women's rights, she lectured against slavery and advocated equality for women. Famous for becoming the first woman in Massachussets to earn a college degree.Julia Ward HoweAuthor, suffragist, abolitionist1819-1910A poet, lecturer, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She also helped form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.Susan B. AnthonyAbolition and women’s rights1820-1906A tireless campaigner for gender equality, Anthony (and friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton) inspired a nationwide suffrage movement.Harriet TubmanAbolition1820-1913A “conductor" on the Underground Railroad, she led more than 300 slaves to freedom. Also served Union forces in coastal South Carolina.Elizabeth BlackwellEducation, medicine1821-1910The first woman physician in the U.S. (MD, Geneva College, 1849). She opened a slum infirmary and trained women in medicine.Mary Baker EddyReligion, writing1821-1910Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, her famous adjunct to the Bible.Clara BartonAid to soldiers and free education1821-1912Organized and delivered important aid to Union and Confederate soldiers. Started the American Red Cross. Started a free school in New Jersey.Mary WaltonPollution control, invention1829-1906This Manhattan inventor devised a method to reduce factory smoke emissions and reduced the track noise from elevated trains.Louisa May AlcottWriting, women's suffrage1832-1888An American literary icon of the 19thcentury, Alcott was also involved in women's suffrage.Hetty GreenFinance1835-1916She inherited her father’s fortune and invested it so that she was reputed to be the richest woman in the world at the time.Mary Harris "Mother" JonesAmerican Labor Movement1837-1930“Mother" Jones was present as a labor organizer and speaker at many significant labor struggles of the 19thand 20thcenturies.Frances Elizabeth WillardTemperance and women’s suffrage1839-1898A tireless campaigner, she was a founder and president of important organizations that fought for prohibition. Also work for women’s suffrage.Ellen Swallow RichardsChemistry and engineering1842-1911First woman to enroll in a technical institute (MIT), in 1870. Founded the science of home economics and promoted science for women.Carry A. NationTemperance1846-1911Notorious for violent disruption of alcohol sales. She was jailed often, but her courage and eloquence impressed many people.Annie Smith PeckWomen’s suffrage, mountaineering1850-1935She scaled the 21,812-foot Peruvian mountain Huascaran, the loftiest Western Hemisphere peak climbed by an American man or woman.Annie OakleySharp-shooting and entertainment1860-1926Gifted with uncanny marksmanship and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, she established herself as a famous western folk legend.Jane AddamsSocial Reform1860-1935Noted for Hull House, an influential haven for disadvantaged people. Active in a variety of causes, she shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.Grandma MosesFolk Art1860-1961Discovered by the New York art world in 1939, Moses’ style is noted for evocative themes and pleasing figure arrangement.Florence BascomGeology1862-1945First woman and female geologist to earn a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. A pioneer in microscope viewings of minerals and rocks.Winifred Edgerton MerrillMathematics, education1862-1951First U.S. woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics (Columbia, 1886; highest honors). Founded the famous Oaksmere School for Girls in 1906.Nellie BlySocial justice, investigative journalism1864-1922As an often-undercover journalist, Bly sided with poor and marginalized people. Also noted for a famous 72-day race around the world in 1889.Anne SullivanTeacher1866-1936Overcame childhood obstacles to become Helen Keller's teacher and lifelong companion.Emily Greene BalchSocial Activism1867-19611947 Nobel Peace Prize winner, founder the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was an important woman advocate for peace during WWI and WWII.Molly DewsonWomen's suffrage, politics1874-1962An author, and head of the Democratic National Committee's Women's Division, Dewson also fought for a minimum wage law.Margaret SangerSocial reform and family planning1879-1966Dismayed by infant mortality, Sanger became a vocal advocate of contraception and established an important medically supervised family planning clinic.Helen KellerSocial reform, writingand lecturing1880-1968Deafened and blinded by a childhood disease, she overcame her disabilities, then worked for the blind and numerous progressive causes.Jeannette RankinPolitics1880-1973Jeannette Rankin was the first woman ever elected to Congress. She was one of few congressional members to vote no on WWI and WWII.Frances PerkinsPolitics1882-1965Perkins was the first woman Cabinet member in the U.S. She served as FDR's Secretary of Labor, and played a key role in New Deal legislation.Eleanor RooseveltActivism, traveling and speaking1884-1962Enormously effective wife of FDR, she was a Democratic Party activist, worked for racial equality and was U.S. Representative to the U.N.Georgia O'KeeffePainter1887-1986Widely regarded as one of the great modernist painters of the 20thcentury, O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art for more than 70 years.Aimee Semple McPhersonBroadcast evangelism1890-1944Southern California evangelist famous for her Temple and “illustrated sermons." Founded International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.Zora Neale HurstonWriting1891?-1960Folklorist, anthropologist and novelist. Most prolific black woman writer of the 1930s.Pearl S. BuckAdoption advocacy, writing1892-1973Author of books reflecting her life in China. Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. Buck worked for the adoption of unwanted children.Amelia EarhartAviation1897-1937Famous for flying across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. She attempted to fly around the world, then disappeared July 2, 1937.Dorothy DayCatholic-based Social Service, writing1897-1980Founded Catholic Worker Movement with Peter Maurin in 1933, an important outreach to disadvantaged and marginalized people.Marian AndersonRacial amity, singing1897-1993She used her rare voice to advance race relations. First black Metropolitan Opera star. Alternate U.N. delegate. Honored many times.Margaret Chase SmithPolitics1897-1995Maine’s first congresswoman and re-elected four times, she was U.S. senator from 1949-73. Remembered for independence and character.Louise NevelsonSculpture1899-1988Best known for her abstract-expressionist boxes grouped together to form a new creation. She used found objects and everyday items. One of her works stands three stories high.1900stop of pageMargaret MeadAnthropology and psychology1901-1978She became famous for her gender role studies of the cultures of the Pacific Islands, Russia and the U.S. Authored several classic books.Ella BakerHuman and civil rights1903-1986Helped form Southern Christian Leadership Conference of which Martin Luther King Jr. was president, important for organizing Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.Clare Boothe LuceWriting, politics and diplomacy1903-1987She was managing editor of Vanity Fairand author of several successful plays, including The Women. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.Esther RossNative American rights1904-1988Ross devoted 50 years to winning federal recognition of the Stillaguamish Tribe in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.Margaret Bourke-WhitePhotography and photojournalism1904 or 1906-1971Important international photographic chronicler of people and events in war and peace. One famed picture: "Gandhi at His Spinning Wheel."Ayn RandFiction, philosophy1905-1982Russian-born, Rand wrote important fiction, notably The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. She espoused a philosophy of rational self-interest.Grace HopperComputer science1906-1992A Ph.D. from Yale (1934), Rear Adm. Hopper was one of the earliest computer programmers and a leader in software development concepts.Maria Goeppert-MayerScience1906-1972Goeppert-Mayer won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics, professor of Physics at UCSD, La Jolla, California, National Academy of Sciences member.Rachel CarsonThe environment, marine biology1907-1964Author of lucidly written books on ecological themes. Most famous for Silent Spring, a critical examination of chemical pesticides.Virginia ApgarObstetrics1909-1974Dr. Apgar developed the Apgar Score, whose five items help physicians and nurses to determine if a newborn requires emergency care. The score is now standard worldwide.Katharine HepburnStage and screen1909-2003Four-time Academy Award winner for best actress, Hepburn combined her statuesque looks with a bold, plucky acting style.Babe Didrikson ZahariasMultiple athletics1911-1956This superathlete won three track and field Olympic medals and 31 LPGA titles. Famed for self-confidence and competitive spirit.Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) JohnsonPolitics, environment1912-First lady during Lyndon B. Johnson's administration; instrumental in promoting the Highway Beautification Act, founded Lady Bird Wildflower Center.Patricia Ryan NixonPolitics1912-1993First lady during Richard M. Nixon's administration; after her father's death at 18, Pat worked part time to obtain her degree, graduating cum laude from USC.Barbara TuchmanHistory1912-1989Tuchman was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize (The Guns of August, and Stillwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-45).Rosa ParksCivil rights1913-Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, sparked the modern civil rights movement.Daisy Gatson BatesCivil rights and journalism1914(?)-After segregation was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, she led the fight to integrate Little Rock, Arkansas, schools from 1954-1957.Martha RayeEntertainment1916-1994An actor, comedienne and singer, Raye entertained and even nursed troops for 50 years. Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree.Florence ChadwickSwimming1917-1995The premier distance swimmer of the1950s, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways (1950, ’51, ’55).Katharine GrahamNewspaper and magazine publishing1917-2001She was the influential president and publisher of the Washington Post from 1963-93. The paper is famed for its Watergate investigation.Ella FitzgeraldJazz singing1918-1996Master of scat singing, she toured with such greats as Duke Ellington and the Oscar Peterson Trio. She performed internationally.Elizabeth Bloomer FordSocial activism1918-First lady during Gerald R. Ford's presidency, co-founder of the country's leading treatment center for alcoholism and drug dependency.Bella AbzugPolitical activism, writing1920-1997Attorney and Congresswoman, Abzug worked for a variety of progressive causes, especially women’s issues. She was a noted author.Marie Maynard DalyBiochemistry1921-First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry (Columbia University, 1948). Holder of various professorships. Focus: nucleic acids.Betty Goldstein FriedanFeminism1921-2006Author of the revolutionary book: Feminine Mystique, co-founder of National Organization for Women (NOW).Nancy Davis ReaganSocial activism1921-First lady during Ronald Reagan's presidency and championed the "Just Say No" to drugs program for school-aged children.Rosalyn Sussman YalowPhysics, Medicine1921-Co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology, assisted in developing a technique to measure minute quantities of insulin in the blood.Judy GarlandEntertainment1922-1969Made famous as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," Garland was one of the greatest stars of Hollywood's Golden Era of musical film.Helen Gurley BrownFeminism and writing1922-Author of Sex and the Single Girl, a book about the positive benefits of single life; revived foundering Cosmopolitan magazineAlice CoachmanTrack and field1923-At the 1948 Olympics in London, Coachman was the first black woman and only American woman to win a gold medal in that year's Games.Shirley ChisholmSocial activism, politics1924-2005A Democrat, she was the first black woman elected to Congress (1968). Also the first black woman to run for president in a major party (1972).Phyllis SchlaflyPolitical activism,writing1924-Republican activist against the feminist movement. Testified against the Equal Rights Amendment. Author of several books.Barbara Pierce BushPolitics1925-First lady during George H.W. Bush's presidency, warmly received by public and press as "everybody's grandmother;" mother of six children; articulately frank.Marilyn MonroeActing1926-1962Completing 30 motion pictures, Monroe became an American icon and worldwide sensation before her mysterious death.Rosalynn Smith CarterActivism1927-First lady during Jimmy Carter's presidency, vice chair of The Carter Center, which promotes peace and human rights worldwide.Maya AngelouWriting, civil rights1928-A poet, historian, author, civil rights activist, producer and director, she composed and read verse at the Clinton inauguration in 1993.Sarah CaldwellOpera direction and conducting1928-She founded the Opera Company of Boston in 1957. In 1976, she became the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera House.Shirley Temple BlackDiplomacy, acting1928-Becoming a diplomat later in life, Shirley Temple was perhaps the most famous child star in history.Audrey HepburnAid to needy children; actor1929-1993Special ambassador to UNICEF, she worked to help poor children. 1953 Academy Award winner for Best Actress in “Roman Holiday."[3915Politics, society1929-1994First lady during John F. Kennedy's presidency. By "inspir[ing] an attention to culture never before evident at a national level," she brought grace and sophistication to the White House.Coretta Scott Kingcivil rights, music1929-2006Known as the First Lady of civil rights, Coretta carried on the dreams of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr.Carolyn ShoemakerDiscovery, astronomy1929-Holder of the record for the most comet discoveries (32) as well as more than 800 asteroids. Took up astronomy at the age of 51.Sandra Day O'ConnorLaw, justice1930-She became the first woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. She felt the court's role was to interpret the law, not legislate it.Barbara HarrisReligion, social outreach, civil rights1930-She became the first woman bishop of the Episcopal Church (also a first for Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy).Mary DawsonPaleontology, mammals1931-Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1970. Arnold Guyot Prize honoree for Arctic research.Alice RivlinFederal budget1931-The founding director of the Congressional Budget Office (1975), she has held several other governmental and professorial positions.Barbara WaltersTelevision journalism1931-The first woman to anchor TV nightly news, on ABC. Correspondent, then co-anchor of 20/20. She has interviewed numerous famous people.Toni MorrisonLiterature1931-Won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature and a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, she is a master of dialog and richly depicts Black America.Sylvia PlathLiterature1932-1963Plath wrote poems of stark self-realization and confession, was the first to win the Pulitzer Prize posthumously.Ruth Bader GinsburgLiterature1933-First Jewish woman and currently only female justice on the Supreme Court. Strong advocate for women's rights and civil rights in general.Gloria SteinemFeminism, journalism1934-Articulates women’s issues with lectures and on TV. Helped found several women’s organizations. Founder of Ms. Magazine.Marian Wright EdelmanChildren’s and civil rights1939-Founder and president of Children’s Defense Fund. Originally a 1960s civil rights activist. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Wilma RudolphTrack and Field1940-1994Winner of three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics in Rome.Space does not allow a complete list of all the important and famous women in American history, but from the days when women could not be one of the "founding fathers" and annual awards would exclude women when calculating the "Man of the Year," important women have made huge strides, the significance of which cannot be overestimated.- - - Books You May Like Include: ----Bristol, Vermont by Kerry K. Skiffington.Skiffington describes Bristol, Vermont’s history through brief essays highlighting its most remarkable people and moments, from the rise of Outlook Cl...Women of the Revolution Bravery and Sacrifice on the Southern Battlefields by Robert M. 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