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 was the organizer of the Edenton Tea Party, one of the first recorded women’s political demonstrations in America, in which she led fifty women to sign a statement boycotting British imports in support of the Patriot cause.

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.

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