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.

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.