Clara Barton - nurse who founded the American
Red Cross
Joan Brown - ground-breaking California artist Willa Cather - famous lesbian author Bessie Coleman - the first African-American woman aviator in America Mary Fields - African-American pioneer stagecoach driver Emma Goldman - prominent Jewish anarchist and advocate of freedom Calamity Jane - wild woman of the West Helen Keller - blind and deaf activist, advocate for the blind Lozen - Chiricahua Apache warrior and Shaman who fought with Victorio and Geronimo Lucretia Mott - early anti-slavery lecturer and activist Molly Pitcher - American revolutionary war heroine Sacajawea - Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition Sojourner Truth - fiery African-American speaker for abolition and women's rights Harriet Tubman - this conductor on the Underground Railroad led hundreds to freedom Dr. Mary Walker - Civil War surgeon, the only woman to win the Congressional Medal of Honor Weetamoo - Naragansett chief who helped lead the first revolt against English colonists in New England Tempe Wick - hid her horse from soldiers during the American Revolution |