Phillis Wheatley Peters is broadly recognized as the first African American and the second U.S. woman to publish a book of poetry

Maria Mitchell was the first female astronomer in the United States and the first American scientist to discover a comet.

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.