Mary Engle Pennington became FDA’s first female lab chief under Harvey Wiley following passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. Her bacteriological research helped revolutionize the food supply, making more safe, fresh foods available at affordable prices, particularly in newly industrialized areas of the country.
Famous vaudeville star and suffragist, inspiration for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
In 1972, Beatrice Faust was a founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) in Australia.
Cornelia Foster Bradford established the Whittier House, the first settlement house in New Jersey and a Jersey City social establishment, in 1894.
New Jersey leader in the woman suffrage movement and an advocate for women’s higher education.
Alaska’s male-dominated government passed women’s suffrage, but female leaders organized and lobbied to make voting rights a reality. Lena Morrow Lewis traveled around Alaska in the 1910s and spoke to large audiences in Fairbanks, Valdez, and Juneau about voting rights and other social reform issues.
Lillian Ford Feickert was president of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association from 1912-1920.
New Jersey suffragist
South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
Samia Baho has made an outstanding contribution to addressing the various barriers to ensure appropriate services are available for African women in Victoria, Australia.