A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension.

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.

Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring.

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

Ruby Bridges was only six years old when she became the first African American to attend her elementary school.

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

Mary McLeod Bethune was one of the most important Black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century.

Amelia Earhart was a record-breaking female aviator whose international fame paved the way for other female pilots.