Carrie Williams Clifford
Orator, poet, suffragist, and an activist for women and African-Americans. She helped found the Ohio State Federation of Colored Women in 1900 and served as its first president while she lived in Cleveland.
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Mary Brown Martin
The first African-American woman elected to the Cleveland Board of Education
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Florence Ellinwood Allen (March 23, 1884-September 12, 1966) was a jurist whose career marked a series of firsts for women.
Margaret Laird
Margaret Laird (1861-1978) of Essex County was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, and was one of the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly.
Henriette W Johnson
Suffragist Henriette W. Johnson was elected president of the Woman’s Club of Orange, which was the first woman’s club in New Jersey when it was founded in 1872.
Source: http://www.njwomenshistory.org/discover/biographies/henriette-w-johnson/
Jessie Street
In 1945, Jessie Street was the first Australian woman delegate to the United Nations.
Mina Caroline Van Winkle
Mina Van Winkle (1875-1932) of Newark organized the Equality League for Self-Supporting Women of New Jersey in 1908.
Mary Philbrook
Mary Philbrook (1872-1958) was the first woman admitted to the bar in New Jersey.
Dr Mary Whiton Calkins
In 1905 she served as the first female President of the American Psychological Association and in 1908 was ranked twelfth on a 1908 list of the top 50 psychologists in the country. Calkins also served as President of the American Philosophical Association in 1918.
Florence Spearing Randolph
Florence Spearing Randolph (1866-1951) was a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.