In
case you've forgotten what women in America have accomplished,
here's a refresher. These are the mega-mentors -- women
whose inspiring accomplishments help us recognize our
potential, banish stereotypes
and shatter the glass ceiling.
Also
see our: Quotations by
Women
Bella
Abzug
(1920- 1998) a civil rights and labor attorney
elected to Congress from New York City in 1970.
Abigail Adams
(1744 - 1818) an influential letter writer
who urged her husband, President John Adams to
"Remember the Ladies," and permit women to
legally
own property.
Jane Addams
(1860 - 1935) social reformer who
created Hull House in Chicago slums.
Madeleine Korbel
Albright (1937 - ) First
female Secretary of State and the highest ranking woman
in the U.S. government.
Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888) author who
produced the first literature for juvenile girls in
the
19th century.
Marian Anderson
(1902 - 1993) first black singer to
perform with the Metropolitan Opera.
Ethel Percy Andrus
(1884 - 1967) founder the
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Maya Angelou
(1928 - ) Poet, author and early
Civil Rights advocate.
Susan B. Anthony
(1820 - 1906) the women's
movement's most powerful organizer whose lifetime
of dedication paved the way for women's right to
vote.
Virginia Apgar
(1909 -1974) physician best know
for development of the Apgar Score in 1952.
Ella Baker
(1903 - 1986) premier behind-the-scenes
organizer and co-founder of the Southern Christian
leadership Conference (SCLC), headed by Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Ann Bancroft
(1955 - ) first woman to travel across
the ice to the North and South Poles.
Clara Barton
(1821 - 1912) founder the American
Red Cross, Barton ministered to injured soldiers
during the Civil War and became known as the
"Angel of the Battlefield."
Mary McLeod Bethune
(1875 - 1955) Black teacher
who began a school to help educate young black
women with only $1.50 and developed it into a
college.
Antoinette Blackwell
(1825 - 1921) first American
woman ordained a minister by a recognized
denomination (Congregational), despite great
opposition to women in the ministry.
Elizabeth Blackwell
(1821 - 1910) first American
woman awarded an MD.
Emily Blackwell (1826 - 1910) physician who ran
the New York Infirmary for Women and children as
well as the Women's Medical College, providing
excellent training for women in medicine.
Amelia Bloomer
(1818-1894) first woman to own,
operate and edit a newspaper for women, , The Lily,
published in 1849 in Seneca Falls New York.
Margaret Bourke-White
(1904-1971) trailblazing
photographer, recording the Depression, London in
the Blitz, Stalin and the Kremlin, World War II and
more as the paramount photographer for Life,
Fortune and other publications.
Lydia Moss Bradley
( 1816 - 1908) Educator, founder
of Bradley University and coeducation advocate.
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