Historical Pioneers
This woman was an activist, renowned teacher, and writer about feminism, Black issues, and economics.
Who is Angela Davis?
This writer owned a salon for artists and writers that was the center of modernist culture. She is known for her stream-of-consciousness style.
Who is Gertrude Stein?
Also knownn as the medical pioneer, she was the first woman in the world to graduate from medical school in the United States, defying prejudice and discrimination.
Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?
This businesswoman went from earning $1.50 a day as a washerwoman to two decades later owning a million-dollar hair-care empire. She experienced hair loss and developed a hair growth formula, which grew into a lucrative line of products.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
This was the intellectual leader and strategist of the 19th century's women's rights movement, though her friend and lifelong partner, Susan B Anthony was more of a public face to the movement.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This author first published her "Etiquette" book in 1922. Since then, her family continued her legacy, publishing many collections of work promoting etiquette based on consideration, respect, and honest.
Who was Emily Post?
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
This iconic fashion mogul and designer first learned how to sew in a Catholic orphanage. By 1913, she opened up her first millinery and boutique. As her business soared, she began designing clothing - often inspired by menswear, like replacing handheld purses to shoulder handbags, popularizing women's trousers, and the ever-so-popular 'little black dress.'
Who was Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel?
This pioneer was a sultry singer and began her career at the Harlem's Cotton Club. She rose to stardom in both the film and music industries, overcoming the limitations placed on her career by racism.
Upon graduating as the first woman to earn a medical degree from the University of Rome, she applied learning methods she developed for mentally disabled children, to children with intelligence in the normal range. Her teaching methods are popular today and are used all around the world.
Who was Maria Montessori?
This nationally ranked tennis player chose physics over sports and ended up as the first American woman astronaut in space, a NASA planner, and a science professor.
Who is Sally Ride?
This woman was the first woman to be inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. Her contributions to agriculture led her to building a multimillion-dollar cash crop industry by successfully cultivating indigo - mainly use to dye textile fabrics.
Who was Eliza Pinckney?
This pioneering nurse served as an administrator in the Civil War, helping to identify missing soldiers at the end of war. She was credited as the founder of the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
Who was Catherine the Great?
Who was Janet Reno?
Many know who signed it and some even know who wrote it, but this woman published it. She was once Baltimore's first postmaster and likely the U.S. Government's first female employee. When working for The Maryland Journal, she printed the first copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Mary Goddard?
This labor activist and politician was the fourth prime minister of the state of Israel and second prime minister in the world.
Who is Golda Meir?
The Founder of Modern Nursing, this woman was known for her innovative methods and reforms related to health issues. She served as a supervisory nurse during the Crimean War in 1854, and with her skills and care brought down the death rate from 40% to 2%.
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Although we have seen her in dozens of films and television shows, she was the first woman to own a film studio and was a successful businesswoman.
Who was Lucille Ball?
This businesswoman started as a young girl watching her family prepare Chinese cuisines in their kitchen. She opened up her first buffet-style restaurant, encouraging customers to try her dishes that represented a mix of American and Chinese cuisines. Eventual, she began selling her cookware in stores, which included her patented Peking Wok.
Who was Joyce Chen?