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Jane Addams
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.
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Louisa Alcott
Famed author Louisa May Alcott created colorful relatable characters in 19th century novels.
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Susan Brownell Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a champion of the temperance, abolition, and suffrage movements.
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Josephine Baker
World renowned performer, World War II spy, and activist are few of the titles used to describe Josephine Baker.
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Penelope Barker
Penelope Barker organized the Edenton Tea Party, the first recorded women’s political demonstration in America.
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Clara Barton
Clara Baron was an educator, humanitarian, and founder of the American Red Cross.
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Catharine Esther Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher was a nineteenth century teacher and writer who promoted equal access to education for women.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune was one of the most important black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to receive a medical degree.
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Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer was a suffragist, editor, social activist, and fashion advocate who worked to change women’s clothing.
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Isabelle "Belle" Boyd
Isabelle “Belle” Boyd was was one of the most famous female Confederate spies, hailed by some as the “Cleopatra of Secession.”
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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.
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Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote
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Shirley Chisholm
In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.
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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first woman to represent a major party in a US presidential election, the first woman to win the Iowa Presidential Caucus, first, First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first female senator from New York.
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