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Social Work Pioneer & Champion of Children, Immigrant, and Women's Rights

1878-1939

Newspaper Editor, Civil Rights Crusader & First African American Woman Vice Presidential Candidate

1888-1969

Gender-Bending Harlem Renaissance Performer and Musician

1907-1960

Composer, Author & Indigenous Rights Activist

1876-1938

First Woman to Lead Arctic Expeditions

1887-1972

First Woman State Senator & Public Health Pioneer

1857 - 1932

Daredevil Equestrian & Advocate For the Blind

1904-2003

First American-Born Chinese Female Doctor

1889-1959

First African American Woman Aviator

1892-1926

First Woman to Swim the English Channel

1905-2003

Trailblazing Astronomer and Discoverer of Stars

1857-1911

Trailblazing Sculptor & First African American Woman Recipient of Federal Art Commission

1877-1968

Pioneering Inventor & Industrial Engineer

1878-1972

Educator, Journalist, Suffragist & Civil Rights Activist

1885-1946

Opera Star & First African American Woman to Headline Concert at Carnegie Hall

1868-1933

First Sovereign Queen and Last Monarch of Hawai‘i

1838-1917

Record-Breaking Mountaineer, Suffragist & Educator

1850-1935

First American Indian Physician

1865-1915

Accomplished Latina Botanist

1870-1938

Suffragist, Peace Activist & First Woman Member of Congress

1880-1973

Pioneering Labor Organizer & Suffragist

1882-1972

Advocate for Trafficked Women & First Chinese American Woman Federal Government Employee

1887-1972

Educator, Suffragist, Civil Rights Activist & Co-Founder of the NAACP

1863 - 1954

Entrepreneur & First African American Woman Bank President

1864-1934

Actor, Screenwriter & First Woman to Direct a Feature-Length Film

1879-1939

Trendsetting Movie Star and Fashion Icon

1905-1961