All Women

A suffragist, an investigative reporter, and a pioneering researcher on racial violence.
Category: Media, Activism & Feminism.

An award-winning sculptress, who was the first woman to create and erect a public sculpture in New York City.
Category: Arts.

A medical pioneer in late 19th century West Coast.
Category: Health, Academy & Education, Science & Technology.

An iconic poet of Puerto Rico, and an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, who served as Secretary-General of the Daughters of Freedom.
Category: Literature & Poetry, Activism & Feminism.

A contemporary American artist of Syrian descent.
Category: Arts.

The first black Prima Ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in NYC, paving the way for dancers of all races in classical ballet.
Category: Arts.

A pioneering Presbyterian missionary abolitionist who contributed to fighting girls trade in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Category: Activism & Feminism.

The first woman who graduated MIT's four-year program in architecture.
Category: Arts.

An important financial supporter of the US suffrage movement, and president of the National Woman's Party (1921-1933).
Category: Activism & Feminism, Philanthropy.

A woman warrior of the American Revolutionary War, fought for the Patriot forces while disguised as a man.
Category: Army & Security Forces, Activism & Feminism.