Susan B. Anthony was a champion of the temperance, abolition, and suffrage movements.

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.

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

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

Abigail Adams was an early advocate for women’s education and political engagement, making women’s needs visible to the Founding Fathers and asking that they “remember the ladies” in their new laws.