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50 Important Women in US History

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1744-1818. John Adam's wife, she appealed to her husband to protect the rights of women. a member of the Daughters of Liberty

Image: Abigail Adams

1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's Intenational League for Peace and Freedom.

Image: Jane Addams

Louisa May Alcott

1832-1888. Famous author of the book, Little Women and children's novels.

Image: Louisa May Alcott

Marian Anderson

1897-1993. One of the greatest concert singers of her time. First African-American to perform at the Whitehouse. The DAR refused her use of Constitution Hall for a concert, so Eleanor Roosevelt set her up to perform at the Lincoln Memorial.

Susan B. Anthony

1820-1906. She worked for women's suffrage (right to vote)

1821-1912. Nurse, humanitarian, and teacher during the Civil War; started the American Red Cross

Mary McCleod Bethune

1875-1955. advisor to FDR who gathered a group of blacks, advised prez on issues involving black youth, worked to organize black leaders in favor of New Deal. Also formed a black school

Elizabeth Blackwell

1821-1910. A womans rights activist. Also first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.

An American women's rights and temperance advocate. She presented her views in her own monthly paper, The Lily, which she began publishing in 1849. When Amelia was 22, she married a lawyer by the name of Dexter Bloomer. One of the major causes promoted by Amelia was a change in dress standards for women so that they would be less restrictive.

American exile in Paris, painted sensitive portrayals of women and children (The Bath) that earned her a place in the pantheon of the French impressionist painters.

United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)

Shirley Chisholm

1st African American woman elected to Congress (NY) and later made a bid for the Democratic nomination in the 1972 presidential campaign

Geraldine Ferraro

In 1984 she was the first woman to appear on a major-party presidential ticket. She was a congresswoman running for Vice President with Walter Modale.

Wrote a pamphlet arguing about equal rites of women. Essay titled "Essay on the Equality of Women." 1838, abolitionist and suffragist

Georgia O'Keeffe

United States painter (1887-1986)