Mercy Otis Warren was a published poet, political playwright and satirist during the age of the American Revolution.

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book of poems.

Madam C.J. Walker was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist. She rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time.

Harriet Tubman escaped enslavement and helped others reach freedom.

Sojourner Truth, once an enslaved woman, became a fearless advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century. Her work during the Civil War earned her an invitation to meet President Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

A prominent essayist of the American republic, Judith Sargent Murray was an early advocate of women’s equality, access to education, and the right to control their earnings.

Considered one of the earliest American feminists, Anne Hutchinson was a spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts who challenged male authority.

Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer.

Female labor activist “Mother Jones” was a self-proclaimed “hell-raiser”.

Julia Ward Howe was a writer, lecturer, abolitionist and suffragist.

Prudence Crandall bravely defied prevailing patterns of racial discrimination when she opened one of the first schools for African American girls in Connecticut in 1833.

Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring.

Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote

Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.

Mary McLeod Bethune was one of the most important Black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century.

Penelope Barker organized the Edenton Tea Party, the first recorded women’s political demonstration in America.

Abigail Adams was an early advocate for women's rights.

Catharine Esther Beecher was a nineteenth century teacher and writer who promoted equal access to education for women.