| Abigail Adams |
Famous American patriot married to President John Adams |
| Jane Addams |
Founder of Hull House which provided care and education to the poor or immigrants of our country |
| Louisa May Alcott |
Author of the classic novel, Little Women |
| Marian Anderson |
A world reknown opera singer that was denied the priviledge of performing in Convention Hall in Washington, D.C. |
| Maya Angelou |
A writer and poet that was asked to speak at President-elect Bill Clinton's inauguration |
| Susan B. Anthony |
A women's rights activist who fought for temperance |
| Jane Austen |
The English author and writer of Pride and Prejudice |
| Clara Barton |
A Civil War nurse that advertised in newspapers for needed medical supplies which helped save the lives of many soldiers. |
| Catharine Beecher |
A teacher and writer who worked for women's rights |
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Daughter of a former slave worked tirelessly to improve educational opportunities for American American children |
| Shirley Temple Black |
A child actress that later became U.S. Ambassador to Ghana |
| Elizabeth Blackwell |
First woman awarded a medical degree in the United States |
| Bonnie Blair |
Only American women to wing five gold medals in the Winter Games |
| Nellie Bly |
The first female investigative journalist who wrote about slum life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Pearl S. Buck |
The first women to win the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Susan Butcher |
Champion dog sled racer that has won the Iditarod more than any other woman |
| Rachel Carson |
Biologist and environmentalist that fought against the use of DDT |
| Connie Chung |
The first Asian-American television newcaster well known for her controversial interviews |
| Nadia Comaneci |
First female to score a perfect "10" in the Olympics |
| Marie Curie |
Physicist who studied radioactivity and the first women to win the Nobel Prize in Science |
| Diana, Princess of Wales |
Supporter of the sick and disadvantaged throughout the world |
| Emily Dickinson |
Poet that was not recognized for her efforts until after her death |
| Mildred "Babe" Didrikson (Zaharias) |
Named Woman Athlete of the Year six times, but best known for winning seventeen major golf tournaments in a row |
| Dorothea Dix |
A health care reformer that was horrified by the conditions endured by prisoners and patients in insane asylums |
| Jean Driscoll |
Wheelchair racer that won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics |
| Amelia Earhart |
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Geraldine Ferraro |
In 1984, the first female Democratic vice-president candidate |
| Peggy Fleming |
Known as a delicate lady on ice with breathtaking jump and flawless routines |
| Dian Fossey |
A zoologist and noted gorilla expert who fought against poachers |
| Indira Ghandi |
Prime Minister of India with extraordinary political skills |
| Jane Goodall |
The world's foremost authority on chimpanzees |
| Martha Graham |
A dancer and choreographer that used movement to communicate truth |
| Angelina & Sarah Grimke |
Sisters born into an aristocratic Southern family were horrified by the cruelty of slavery and worked tirelessly for change |
| Mia Hamm |
World's best all around women's soccer player |
| Grace Hopper |
Helped develop and program the world's first large-scate digital computer, called the Mark 1 |
| Anne Hutchinson |
Publicly defied the Puritans by preaching about salvation through actions |
| Mae Jemison |
The first African American woman in space |
| Lady Bird Johnson |
First lady known for being attuned to nature and worked to conserve the environment |
| Barbara Jordan |
In 1973, authored a federal bill that oulawed racial discrimination in schools and companies receiving federal money |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Track and field champion that suffers from acute asthma |
| Helen Keller |
Author and activist that accomplished much even though she was blind. |
| Billie Jean King |
Known as the world's best tennis player of her time |
| Coretta Scott King |
Wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, she has worked tirelessly for the Civil Rights Movement |
| Mary Kingsley |
Explorer of West Africa whose adventures were among the wittiest and most entertaining travel stories |
| Dorothea Lange |
A famous photographer whose images of the Great Depression helped spur the federal government into taking action |
| Mary Leakey |
One of the world's most reknown hunters of early human fossils |
| Maya Lin |
The architect who designed the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Anne Sullivan Macy |
Helen Keller's teacher and advocate for all handicapped people |
| Dolley Madison |
The best loved First Lady |
| Wilma Mankiller |
First female chief of the Cherokee Nation |
| Margaret Mead |
An anthropologist that studied and wrote about adolescent rebellion and social roles in various societies |
| Golda Meir |
Prime Minister of Israel |
| Maria Montessori |
First female physician in Italy, but better known for her work with children and education reform |
| Toni Morrison |
Known for her expressive depictions of Black America and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 |
| Lucretia Mott |
A Quaker minister who opposed slavery and provided a stop on the Underground Railroad |
| Shirley Muldowney |
First female to dominate the exclusively male world of drag racing |
| Florence Nightingale |
Developed most nursing techniques known today |
| Annie Oakley |
A dead shot as a child who won a shooting match and joined in faudeville shows with her soon-to-be husband, Frank Butler |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
First female judge to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Georgia O'Keeffe |
An artist that uniquely captured light, color and nature in her work |
| Jackie Kennedy Onassis |
One of the most populare first ladies of the United States |
| Eva Peron |
First Lady of Argentina |
| Molly Pitcher |
Most popular female of the Revolutionary War serving as cook, nurse and soldier |
| Beatrix Potter |
Author and illustrator of the famous Peter Rabbit series |
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"Ma" Rainey
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A noted jazz singer who recorded with musicians such as Louis Armstrong |
| Nancy Reagan |
The First Lady that coined the anti-drug slogan, Just Say No |
| Janet Reno |
First female Attorney General of the United States |
| Sally Ride |
The first American woman in space and the youngest American astronaut to ever circle the earth |
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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American social reformer and wife of President Franklin Roosevelt |
| Betsy Ross |
Sewed the first American flag and could cut a five point star with a single snip |
| Wilma Rudolph |
Three time Olympic medal winner who had polio as a child |
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Sacajawea
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Shoshone woman who explored the Northwest Territory with Lewis and Clark |
| Margaret Sanger |
Founder of what has become Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
A women's rights activist who worked to get the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution passed |
| Gloria Steinem |
One of America's most famous women's right activists and founder fo the National Women's Political Caucus |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin which exposed the injustices of slavery |
| Marie Tallchief |
One of the most accomplished ballerinas in the United States |
| Mother Teresa |
Roman Catholic Missionary that lived and worked among the poor of Calcutta, India |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Sojourner Truth |
An abolitionist and suffragist who walked through New York and Connecticut preaching the message of love and compassion |
| Harriet Tubman |
Operator on the Underground Railroad reknown for rescuing over 300 slaves |
| Barbara Walters |
The first woman to anchor an evening news television program |
| Phillis Wheatley |
An African-American poet that arrived in America on a slave ship. |
| Emma Willard |
Opened the Troy Female Seminary so that young women could learn mathematics, science, history and geography |
| Oprah Winfrey |
Talk-show host and entrepreneur who works diligently for child abuse legislation |
| Sarah Winnemucca |
A Native American woman who served as an interpreter and peacekeeper amond the Paiute . |
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