Biographies

Martha Hughes Cannon was the first female state senator in U.S. history.

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

Joyce Chen introduced Chinese food to the American public.

Famous chef, author, and television personality, Julia Child made French cuisine accessible to American audiences.

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

Internationally recognized writer Sandra Cisneros is best known for "The House on Mango Street," which has sold over six million copies.

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.

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.

Elizabeth Cochrane was one of the most famous journalists in the United States.

Aileen Cole Stewart became one of the first African American women to serve in the Army Nursing Corps.

Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American woman pilot.

Chemist Virginia Spivey Coleman worked on the atomic weapons program during WWII.

A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension.

Prudence Crandall bravely defied prevailing patterns of racial discrimination when she opened one of the first schools for African American girls in Connecticut in 1833.

Ann Pamela Cunningham was an early leader in historic preservation and is often credited with saving President George Washington’s estate Mount Vernon.

Lydia Darragh was a Patriot spy during the American Revolution.

Jane Delano was the superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps and inspired many women to become nurses around the world.

Marie Dietrich was one of the most popular film and music stars of the 1930s and 1940s.

Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime.