A professional tennis player. Won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles between 1923-1938. Helen Newington Wills was born and raised in Read more...

An actress and a Union Army spy during the Civil War. Born as Harriet Wood in New Orleans, Louisiana, but Read more...

The first female lawyer on the west coast, a public defender pioneer, an editor, and a suffrage leader. Clara Shortridge Read more...

A Philanthropist and the patroness of San Francisco’s volunteer firefighters, the benefactor of the Coit Tower in San Francisco. Lillie Read more...

A civil rights icon, a feminist, and one of the most important labor movement leaders of the 20th century. Born Read more...

The first female mayor of San Francisco and the longest-serving member of the US Senate. Born Dianne Emiel Goldman in Read more...

A pioneer documentary photographer, who made a social change through her art. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn was born in 1895 to Read more...

The first director of San Francisco Museum of Art, contributing to the Bay Area diverse modern art scene. Grace Louise Read more...

A medical pioneer in late 19th century West Coast. Charlotte Amanda Blake, nicknamed Lotte, was born in Philadelphia. In her Read more...

A pioneering Presbyterian missionary abolitionist who contributed to fighting girls trade in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Donaldina Mackenzie Cameron was born Read more...