Fannie Mae Duncan
African American-entrepreneur and civil rights pioneer in Colorado Springs best known for establishing the Cotton Club, an integrated jazz club
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Eleanor Abbott
Eleanor Abbott created the game Candy Land while she was recovering from polio
Amalia von Dyhrn
Prussian aristocrat, businesswoman and philanthropist
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Hawaiian noblewoman and renowned philanthropist, celebrated for her significant contributions to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Claribel Cone
Claribel Cone significantly contributed to two distinct fields: biology and the patronage of modern French art.
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Trailblazing U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and visionary. Her groundbreaking contributions paved the way for the development of the first birth control pill.
Annie Turnbo Malone
Businesswoman, inventor, and philanthropist who was one of the first African American women to become a millionaire.
Mary Cunningham
Irish philanthropist and war worker
Amanda Smith
Methodist preacher and former enslaved woman who funded The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children outside Chicago
Nellie Cashman
Irish-American/Canadian frontier entrepreneur and philanthropist