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Women have always played an active role in history. Explore some of the historical pioneers and contemporary newsmakers that continue to impact the world. New biographies are added regularly, so check back to discover new stories!
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Isabella "Belle" Boyd
Isabella “Belle” Boyd was was one of the most famous female Confederate spies, hailed by some as the “Cleopatra of Secession.”
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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.
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Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck produced works of fiction and non-fiction throughout her lifetime, many of which focused on her experiences in China.
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Tarana Burke
As an activist, community organizer, and executive, Tarana Burke has made quite an impact.
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Martha Hughes Cannon
Martha Hughes Cannon was the first female state senator in U.S. history.
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Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote
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Julia Child
Famous chef, author, and television personality, Julia Child made French cuisine accessible to American audiences.
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Shirley Chisholm
In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.
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Sandra Cisneros
Internationally recognized writer Sandra Cisneros is best known for "The House on Mango Street," which has sold over six million copies.
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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first woman to represent a major party in a US presidential election, the first woman to win the Iowa Presidential Caucus, first, First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first female senator from New York.
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Elouise Cobell ("Yellow Bird Woman")
An entrepreneur, advocate, and member of the Blackfoot Nation, Elouise Pepion Cobell (“Yellow Bird Woman”), fought tirelessly for government accountability and for Native Americans to have control over their own financial future.
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Sarah B. Cochran
Once called America's only Coal Queen, Sarah B. Cochran was a coal industry leader and philanthropist in an era when American women couldn't universally vote or serve on juries.
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Elizabeth Cochrane
Elizabeth Cochrane was one of the most famous journalists in the United States.
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Aileen Cole Stewart
Aileen Cole Stewart became one of the first African American women to serve in the Army Nursing Corps.
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Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American woman pilot.
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Virginia Coleman
Chemist Virginia Spivey Coleman worked on the atomic weapons program during WWII.
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Lyda Conley
Considered the Guardian of Heron Indian Cemetery, her appearance made her the third woman, and the first Native American, to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court.
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Margaret Cochran Corbin
A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension.
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