Susan B. Anthony was a champion of the temperance, abolition, and suffrage movements.

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.

Although raised on a slave-owning plantation, Angelina Grimké Weld became an ardent abolitionist.

Mercy Otis Warren was a published poet, political playwright and satirist during the age of the American Revolution.

Harriet Tubman escaped enslavement and helped others reach freedom.

A former slave, Sojourner Truth was an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the 19th century.

A vocal leader of the 20th century women’s suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.

A prominent essayist of the American republic, Judith Sargent Murray was an early advocate of women’s equality, access to education, and the right to control their earnings.

Undeterred by deafness and blindness, Helen Keller rose to become a major 20th century humanitarian, educator and writer.

Julia Ward Howe was a writer, lecturer, abolitionist and suffragist.

Prudence Crandall bravely defied prevailing patterns of racial discrimination when she opened one of the first schools for African American girls in Connecticut in 1833.

Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to receive a medical degree.