Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve was the child of a military family and a crusader for the rights of disadvantaged people in Minnesota and beyond. Born during her parents’ journey to help build the future Fort Snelling, she lived to see a fledgling community grow into an urban center.
Clara Ueland was a lifelong women’s rights activist and prominent Minnesotan suffragist.
Civil rights activist who helped found the National League of Colored Women in 1893
Canadian temperance reformer and author
Canadian social reformer, suffragist, school trustee, secretary, probation officer, and Unity movement preacher
American attorney, temperance agitator and minister
American industrial reformer
American reformer, pension agent and humanitarian
From her home in Hampton, Barrett founded the Locust Street Settlement House, serving her local Black community with classes, childcare, entertainments, and lectures.
A noted educator and nationally known club woman, Bowser developed night classes and led summer teaching institutes throughout the state of Virginia for African American educators. She would later become a founder and president of the Virginia State Teachers Association.