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Florence Bascom
Florence Bascom was a barrier-breaking geologist who contributed to the field through her research and teaching.
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was a trailblazing aviator whose daring feats set records for women in aviation.
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Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell was an American designer who transformed women’s fashion, creating accessible and comfortable designs for the everyday woman.
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Blending Sounds, Breaking Barriers
Women who redefined American jazz and broke societal barriers.
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Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt was an Impressionist artist known for her depictions of women’s domestic lives in the 19th century and her technical innovations to her artistic practice.
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Stitched Stories: Women in History
Students will create textured portraits using simple materials to explore identity, emotion, and overlooked stories while connecting artistic practice with empathy and historical awareness.
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Augusta Savage: Shaping a Future for Black Artists
Students explore how Augusta Savage’s work reflects the culture and movements of the time while examining her lasting impact despite systemic inequality.
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Alma Thomas: An Artist Out of this World
Students explore how the Space Race influenced Alma Thomas’s abstract art and then create their own work reflecting historical and contemporary perspectives on space exploration.
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Any-Body Can Be a Ballerina
This 2-day lesson introduces students to trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland, using her story to explore growth mindset, equality, and timelines through engaging activities.
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Reach for the Stars with Mae Jemison
Students will explore Mae Jemison’s perseverance and achievements to understand the importance of confidence, determination, and overcoming obstacles.
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Beyoncé is the most decorated and nominated artist in GRAMMY history, and has built her career on continuing Black musical traditions and excellency.
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Lindsey Vonn
With her 82 World Cup wins and Olympic gold, Vonn is one of the most decorated alpine skiers of all time and a pioneering advocate for gender parity in sport.
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Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark is a five-time Olympian, Olympic gold medalist, and X Games legend, who championed equality in winter sports through launching the Kelly Clark Foundation.
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Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming is a renowned American figure skater known for her graceful skating style and her 1968 Olympic gold medal. She continues to advocate for expanded access to figure skating and women’s health.
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Rosalyn Yalow
Yalow built her career as a physicist in mid-20th-century America, a time when women faced systemic barriers in science, and became the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair is an acclaimed Olympic speedskater and most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian of all time.
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Erin Jackson
Erin Jackson was the first Black female athlete of Team USA to win gold in speed skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the first to win the race since 1994. She also competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics for Team USA.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.
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Virginia Apgar
Dr. Virginia Apgar persevered beyond early 20th-century barriers to women in medicine to become a leading anesthesiologist and the first female full professor at Columbia University.
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Helen Taussig
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig was a pioneering American cardiologist best known for developing the first successful open-heart surgery to treat "blue baby syndrome."
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