Biography
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements .
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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.
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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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Lucy Stone
A leading suffragist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts.
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Mary Church Terrell
Mary Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage.
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General
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
More than 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Poster
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Download posters celebrating women who achieved success in STEM.
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Beverly LaHaye
Beverly LaHaye has been an influential voice in American conservative politics for decades and founded the Concerned Women for America.
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Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is the first African American woman to hold several positions, including Secretary of State.
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Coretta Scott King
Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King created her own legacy.
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Dorothy Height
Dorothy Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Elizabeth Cochrane
Elizabeth Cochrane was one of the most famous journalists in the United States.
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General
Freedom Summer
During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher.
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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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General
Little Rock Nine
Imagine showing up to your first day of school and being greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard.
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Biography
Maggie Walker
Maggie Lena Walker was one of the foremost female business leaders in the US and the first woman to own a bank.
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