Cornelia Templeton Hatcher
Cornelia Templeton Jewett Hatcher drafted a petition that granted women the right to vote and gathered signatures around Alaska.
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Rosa Maria Bezerra Nieto
Rosa would be left a widow and single mother in 1740. She cared for not only the six children, but the family’s ranch and mine holdings. This she performed with resolve, determination, and a keen business acumen.
Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton
Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton was a civic leader who worked toward a more inclusive democracy in Roanoke, Virginia.
Ednah Dow Cheney
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.
María Feliciana Arballo
María Feliciana Arballo, a 25-year-old widow of Afro-Latina descent with two small children, was one of about forty women in the Anza expedition when it began its colonizing journey from Sonora, Mexico to Alta California (upper California) in 1775.
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga played a crucial role in the Japanese-American redress movement by discovering critical evidence of premeditated governmental misconduct during WWII, and making it available to multiple groups of activists.
Momo Nagano
Momo Nagano (1925-2010) was an artist renowned for her weaving and other textile works.
Deb Haaland
Secretary Deb Haaland made history when she became the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.
Adeline Davis
Canadian temperance reformer and author
Hazel Wolf
Hazel Wolf was well known as an environmentalist and social activist.