Madaline Worthy Williams
Madaline Worthy Williams became New Jersey’s first black assemblywoman in 1958.
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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.
Dr Olivia J Hooker
Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, blazed a trail as the first Black woman on active duty in the US Coast Guard.
Henrietta Dugdale
Henrietta Dugdale fought for women’s emancipation in 1800s Australia.
Dr Evelyn Scott
In 1991, Dr Evelyn Scott became the first female chair of Australia’s Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
Cordelia Greene Johnson
Cordelia Greene Johnson (1887-1957) founded the Modern Beautician Association and served as its president until her death.
Betty Blayton
Betty Blayton (1937-2016) was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
Clara Louise Maass
Nurse Clara Louise Maass (1876-1901) volunteered to participate in an immunization experiment against yellow fever in Cuba, but succumbed to the disease at the young age of 25.
Ida Cohen Rosenthal
Co-founder and president of the brassiere company Maidenform, Inc.