Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime.

US Rep Frances Bolton pursued a life of philanthropy, politics, and social reform, and was a lifelong advocate of education, healthcare, and civil rights.

Famous chef, author, and television personality, Julia Child made French cuisine accessible to American audiences.

Marie Dietrich was one of the most popular film and music stars of the 1930s and 1940s.

Oveta Culp Hobby served as the director of the Women’s Army Corps and first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Shirley Temple was a child actor with curly hair and later worked as an ambassador for the US government.

Eleanor Roosevelt grew up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.

Condoleezza Rice is the first African American woman to hold several positions, including Secretary of State.

Bates' work with the NAACP transformed the Civil Rights Movement.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman to represent a major party in a US presidential election, the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first female senator from New York.

Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was a Republican United States Representative from Illinois who served from 1929 to 1931.

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.