Women's History: General
She was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, but less people know that she was also a nurse, spy for the Union, and had epilepsy and narcolepsy.
Harriet Tubman
She is the first Black, South Asian, and female Vice President.
Kamala Harris
In 1983, She became the first American woman in space and the third woman in space after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya.
Sally Ride
She was famous for her advocacy for equal and women’s rights. She also served on the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Key author of the Title IX amendment, this trailblazing woman was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Patsy Mink
The first African American woman to be elected to the US Congress, she was a founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Shirley Chisom
These two friends were trans women of color famous for their activism within the Gay Liberation Movement and for their participation in Stonewall. They also opened the first LGBTQ+ youth shelter in North America.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
She served as Secretary of Transportation under the Trump administration and was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet when appointed Secretary of Labor under President Bush.
Elaine Chao
At 15, nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, she did the same, but was not chosen to be an icon for the civil rights movement because Parks had the “right” hair and look.
Claudette Colvin
A black lesbian poet and activist, she wrote many influential essays including “The Master’s Tools Will Not Dismantle the Master’s House”.
Audre Lorde