Mary Xavier Mehegan
Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan (1825-1915) emigrated from Ireland to New York in 1842. She made her profession of vows in 1847 as Sister Mary Xavier and spent the next twelve years as a Sister of Charity in New York.
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Juliet Clannon Cushing
Juliet Clannon Cushing (1845-1935), an advocate of protective labor legislation for women and founded the Consumers’ League of New Jersey in 1900.
Dr Jill Ker Conway
Australian-American scholar and author and the first woman to chair a listed public company in Australia.
Teri Rofkar
Teri Rofkar, known also by her Lingít clan name, Cháas’ koowú tláa was a master in the traditional ways of Raven’s Tail weaving and Spruce Root Basketry. She was also an accomplished educator who passed on these traditional Lingít weaving techniques to future generations so that the skills and art of the Lingít people would not be lost.
Suni Paz
Suni Paz was one of the first artists to bring the nueva canción tradition—the “new song” music of the 1960s and 1970s—to North American audiences. For more than half of a century, her work as an American songwriter and performer of Latin American folk music has resonated as a cultural force, engaging people of all backgrounds and ages.
Margaret Bancroft
Margaret Bancroft (1854-1912) founded the Bancroft Training School for the multiply disabled in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Marilyn Morheuser
Marilyn J. Morheuser (1924-1995), was the director and leading attorney of the Education Law Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Julia Keese Nelson Colles
Julia Keese Nelson Colles (1840-1913) was an American academic and a founding member of the Women’s Board of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Rosa Elena Egipciaco
Puerto Rican lacemaker
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.