Mary Musgrove become a negotiator between English and Native American communities and played an important role in the development of Colonial Georgia.

Considered essential to the American Revolution, Betsy Ross is credited with sewing the first United States flag.

Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies.

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

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book of poems.

After disguising herself as a man to join the Patriot forces during the American Revolution, Deborah Sampson was the only woman to earn a military pension as part of the Revolutionary army.

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.

Among the most famous women in early American history, Pocahontas is credited with helping the struggling English settlers survive.

Considered one of the earliest American feminists, Anne Hutchinson was a spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts who challenged male authority.

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

Penelope Barker organized the Edenton Tea Party, the first recorded women’s political demonstration in America.

Abigail Adams was an early advocate for women's rights.