Eleanor Roosevelt grew up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.

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.

Lucretia Mott argued as ardently for women’s rights as for black rights, including suffrage, education, and economic aid.

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.

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.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, 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.

Maria Tallchief was one of America's most popular ballerinas.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Wilma Rudolph relentlessly pursued her dreams becoming an international track and field star.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman to represent a major party in a US presidential election, the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first female senator from New York.

Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was a Republican United States Representative from Illinois who served from 1929 to 1931.