Biographies

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.

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.

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.

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.

Helen Gahagan Douglas was not only a famous actress, but she was also a tough politician

Amelia Earhart was a record-breaking female aviator whose international fame paved the way for other female pilots.

Educator, soldier, and psychologist, Charity Adams Earley led the first African American women’s unit of the army on a tour of duty overseas during WWII.

Mary Baker Eddy founded a popular religious movement during the 19th century, Christian Science.

Journalist, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan was one of the early leaders of the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.