Famous American Women
This famous cultural icon came to represent the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II
Rosie the Riveter
Rosalind Franklin has only recently started to receive credit, but it was her research and x-ray diffraction images that enabled Watson and Crick to discover the structure of this molecule
DNA
This month is celebrated annually as Women's History Month
March
These are three of the five Sisters who served as Saint Marys Hospital Administrators
Mother Mary Alfred Moes, Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey, Sister Domitilla DuRocher, Sister Mary Brigh Cassidy, Sister Generose Gervais
This British royal was nicknamed 'the Rebel Princess'
Princess Diana of Wales
This teacher and companion of Helen Keller was the first woman to have her ashes interred in a memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Anne Sullivan
This Mexican artist was memorialized in the Barbie Inspiring Women series, but Mattel faced criticism when the doll did not include her signature unibrow
Frida Kahlo
In 1980, this President of the United States signed the first proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week.
Jimmy Carter
She was Mayo Clinic's first female surgeon, and was later named the Chair of Surgery and a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors
Heidi Nelson, M.D.
Nicknamed ‘the Lady with the Lamp’, she – in addition to tending to the sick during the Crimean War – reported back to the army medical services on how to reduce avoidable deaths
Florence Nightingale
These tennis-playing sisters have won a combined 30 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles
Venus and Serena Williams
This famous now-saint convinced the crown prince Charles to allow her to lead a French army against the invading English, but was eventually burned at the stake for witchcraft
Joan of Arc
The National Women's History Alliance's theme for both the 2020 and 2021 National Women's History Month is "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced", in recognition of the centennial of this event
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
She was the first woman physician to join the Mayo practice
Gertrude Booker Granger, M.D.
Internationally, this color is often associated with and worn on Women's Day
Purple
She read her poem, "The Hill We Climb", at President Joe Biden's inauguration
Amanda Gorman
She is the first person (not just woman) to be awarded a second Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
The first International Women's Day was held on 19 March, in this 20th Century decade
'10's (held in1911)
She was hired as Saint Marys Hospital's first professional nurse, has a hospital courtyard named in her honor, and was named the 1940 American Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation
Edith Graham Mayo
This First Lady is quoted as saying, "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."
Eleanor Roosevelt
She served as a Civil War nurse and was an outspoken advocate for women's rights, but may be most well-known for her "Little" books
Louisa May Alcott
Indira Gandhi
Women's History Week was expanded to Women's History Month in this year
1987
She served as the first female Chief Administrative Officer for Mayo Clinic from 1998-2002
Sharon E. Dunemann
This American feminist journalist and social political activist became nationally recognized as the spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970's
Gloria Steinem