Tag: SF Bay Area Women

A professional tennis player. Won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles between 1923-1938.
Category: Sports.

An actress and a Union Army spy during the Civil War.
Category: Army & Security Forces, Theater & Cinema.

The first female lawyer on the west coast, a public defender pioneer, an editor, and a suffrage leader.
Category: Law, Activism & Feminism.

A Philanthropist and the patroness of San Francisco’s volunteer firefighters, the benefactor of the Coit Tower in San Francisco.
Category: Philanthropy, Army & Security Forces.

A civil rights icon, a feminist, and one of the most important labor movement leaders of the 20th century.
Category: Activism & Feminism.

The first female mayor of San Francisco and the longest-serving member of the US Senate.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A pioneer documentary photographer, who made a social change through her art.
Category: Arts, Activism & Feminism.

The first director of San Francisco Museum of Art, contributing to the Bay Area diverse modern art scene.
Category: Arts.

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

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