Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.

Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements .

Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery, angered the slaveholding South.

A progressive social reformer and activist, Jane Addams was on the frontline of the settlement house movement and was the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

A leading suffragist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts.

Mary Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage.

Beverly LaHaye has been an influential voice in American conservative politics for decades and founded the Concerned Women for America.

Condoleezza Rice is the first African American woman to hold several positions, including Secretary of State.

Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King created her own legacy.

Bates' work with the NAACP transformed the Civil Rights Movement.

Dorothy Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

Elizabeth Cochrane was one of the most famous journalists in the United States.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher.

World renowned performer, World War II spy, and activist are few of the titles used to describe Josephine Baker.

Maggie Lena Walker was one of the foremost female business leaders in the US and the first woman to own a bank.