The first recorded woman to legally vote in colonial America. Born Lydia Chapin to a wealthy family in Mendon, Massachusetts. Read more...

Temperance and women’s suffrage leader, president of the Georgia Women’s Suffrage Association. Best known as “Mother of Suffrage Work in Read more...

A businesswoman and philanthropist. Served as director of several corporate boards in western Pennsylvania and one of the wealthiest women Read more...

A nurse, social reformer, suffragist, peace and civil rights activist. The founder of the Henry Street Settlement and several health Read more...

A suffrage leader, educator, and politician. The first Latina to run for US Congress and one of the first’s women Read more...

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

Abolitionist, suffragist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. The first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher Read more...

A workers-rights advocate, the 4th US Secretary of Labor, the first woman in this position, the first woman to serve Read more...

A philanthropist, civic and suffrage leader, social reformer, and an advocate for the Juvenile Protective Association and its first president. Read more...

Abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and philanthropist. A prominent figure in Chicago’s African-American community in the 19th century, operating a station Read more...