Christina Huang
Christina Huang was a Chinese American student who testified before the New Jersey State of Legislators to help lobby for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) History to be taught in public schools.
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Dorothy Daggett Eldridge
Dorothy Daggett Eldridge (1903-1986) a peace activist, founded the New Jersey Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) in 1958.
Florence Spearing Randolph
Florence Spearing Randolph (1866-1951) was a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Pauline Hillaire
Artist, teacher, native-arts conservator, author and storyteller, Pauline Hillaire worked to carry on the heritage of Washington’s Lummi Nation and was one of the most knowledgeable living resources of the Northwest Coast’s arts and culture.
Elizabeth Almira Allen
Elizabeth Almira Allen (1854-1919) was a teachers’ rights advocate and the first female president of the New Jersey Education Association.
Katherine Schaub
Katherine Schaub (1902-1933) was a dial painter who played a pivotal role, with her court testimonies and self-documentation, in getting radium recognized as a harmful substance and subsequently phased out of use in manufacturing altogether.
Madaline Worthy Williams
Madaline Worthy Williams became New Jersey’s first black assemblywoman in 1958.
Anna Whitehead Bodeker
Anna Whitehead Bodeker was a suffrage activist who worked to build an intellectual culture of gender equality in Richmond, Virginia through her writing and sponsorship of public talks by suffragist speakers.
Betty Gram Swing
Betty Gram Swing worked full time for the National Woman’s Party (NWP) from 1917-1920. A national organizer, she traveled across the United States to build grassroots support for the suffrage amendment.
Cordelia Greene Johnson
Cordelia Greene Johnson (1887-1957) founded the Modern Beautician Association and served as its president until her death.