Geraldine
Ann Ferraro earned a place in history as the
first woman vice-presidential candidate on a
national party ticket.
First Ladies' and Famous Women
Women with "##" after their name means they are Famous Women Inventors.
Women with "&" after their name means they were former First Ladies of the U. S.
Women with "@" after their name means they left their "Stamps" on history.
Women with "**" after their name means they were all in the Girl Scouts of America.
Make sure you cite your work!
|
Name |
Short History All history information came from Web Sites listed. |
Web Site / Time line |
| Bella Abzug | Was an inspiring person who teaches us to never give up. | http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/abzug.htm |
| Abigail Smith Adams &, @ | Former First Lady. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/firstladies/p/p_abigailadams.htm |
| Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams & | Only First Lady born outside the United States, Louisa Catherine Adams did not come to this country until four years after she had married John Quincy Adams. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/la6.html http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/la6.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=6 |
|
Jane Addams @ |
Jane Addams is remembered primarily as a founder of the Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize | http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_bio.html http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_chronology.html http://wall.aa.uic.edu:62730/artifact/HullHouse.as |
| Agnodice | Agnodice was determined to be a doctor. |
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/agnodice.htm http://www.answers.com/Agnodice http://www.primarycarepartnership.com/main/agnodice.htm http://www.bookrags.com/biography/agnodice/. |
| Michelle Anne Akers | A great soccer player | http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/akers.htm |
| Madeline Albright ** |
64th
United States Secretary of State
|
http://secretary.state.gov/www/albright/albright.html |
| Louisa May Alcott | Was a writer. | http://www.louisamayalcott.org/index.html http://www.alcottfilm.com/ |
| Marian Anderson ** | Marian Anderson was one of the greatest voices in opera, but she was denied a wider audience due to the racism and segregation of her era. | http://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ande-mar.htmhttp://danburylibrary.org/research/anderson.htm http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/1997/anderson_226a.html http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/ |
| Susan B Anthony @ | Played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to secure women's suffrage in the United States. | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blanthony.htm http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm |
| Dr. Virginia Apgar @ | Dr. Apgar designed and introduced the APGAR SCORE, the first standardized method for evaluating a newborn's transition to life outside the womb. | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_12.html http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blapgar.htm |
| Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur & | First Lady: Died before Chester Arthur assumed the Presidency. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ea21.html |
| Ella Baker | Ella Baker led the New York NAACP Branch's fight to desegregate New York City pubic schools. so | http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/baker.html |
| Dr. Sarah Josephine Baker | Josephine Baker helped to establish some of the first programs in preventative medicine and public health. | http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/baker.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_19.html |
| Lucille Ball ** |
The first lady of
comedy brought us laughter as well as emotional truth. No wonder
everybody loved Lucy |
http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/lucy.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000840/ |
| Ethel Barrymore | Academy Award-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore family. | http://www.thegoldenyears.org/barrym.html |
| Clara Barton @ | Clara Barton is remembered as the founder of the American Red Cross | http://www.civilwarhome.com/bartonbio.htm |
| Carol Bellamy ** @ | President and CEO of World Learning, and President of its School for International Training. (Politician) | http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/bellamy_bio.html |
| Ruth Benedict @ | She emphasized the power of custom and learning as an argument against nature and for the infinite capacity of human beings to change. | http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078575/Ruth-Benedict |
| Louise Blanchard Bethune | First professional woman architect in the United States. |
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078977/Louise-Blanchard-Bethune
http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/archs/beth/beth.html http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/archs/beth/bethberk.html |
| Mary McLeod Bethune @ | Mary McLeod Bethune, born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, devoted her life to ensuring the right to education and freedom from discrimination for black Americans. | http://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/beth-mar.htm http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-6.html http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/Documents_guide.cfm |
| Veronica Biggins ** | Assistant to President Clinton J. Veronica Biggins is a Senior Partner of Heidrick & Struggles. Based in Atlanta, Veronica specializes in the recruitment of executive management staff. | http://www.heidrick.com/Experience/Consultants/ConsultantDetail.aspx?ConsultantCode=10069 http://www.robinson.gsu.edu/corporate/hof/2003/biggins.html |
| Shirley Temple Black ** | Shirley Temple Black, is an American diplomat and former film child actress. | http://www.shirleytemple.com/?gclid=CLO89K_C5IcCFTwnGgoddxbWjw |
| Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell @ | Dr. Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school (M.D.); pioneer in educating women in medicine | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_blackwell_eliz.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/blackwell/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_35.html |
| Bonnie Blair | American speed skater who became the most successful American woman athlete in the history of Olympic competition. | http://www.britannica.com/eb/article%3Feu=137570 http://www.lecturenow.com/People/BonnieBlair.htm http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/blairbon.shtml |
| Katharine Burr Blodgett | She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University and the first woman to work in a General Electric laboratory. | http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/blodgett.html http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/wod/st_blodgett.html http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCEWWW/Features/eChemists/Bios/Blodgett.html |
| Amelia Bloomer | Known for her leading role in promoting (much-needed) dress reform for women, Bloomer was also a committed feminist and temperance worker. | http://www.nps.gov/archive/wori/bloomer.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bloomer http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/RHE309/vicfembios/ameliabloomer.htm |
| Nellie Bly | Nellie Bly became a pioneer in journalism and investigative reporting. | http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/nellie.html http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=23 |
| Erma Bombeck ** | America's favorite humorist Writer for a newspaper column. | http://www.ermamuseum.org/home640.asp |
| Margaret Bourke-White ** | Writer - photographer She was a woman, doing a man's job, in a man's world, from the foundries of Cleveland to the battlefields in World War II. | http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/MargaretWhite.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPbourke.htm |
| Anne Bradstreet | Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) is one of the most important figures in the history of American Literature. | http://www.annebradstreet.com/ http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/b/bradstreet1718.htm |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | President John Kennedy invited her to read at a Library of Congress poetry festival in 1962. In 1985 she was appointed poetry consultant to the Library of Congress | http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/life.htm http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/brooks/brooks.html |
| Dr. Joyce Brothers ** | One of the leading family psychologists and advice columnists, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960 | http://www.tv.com/dr-joyce-brothers/person/902/summary.html |
| Olympia Brown | Woman suffrage activist; early U.S. woman minister ordained with full denominational authority | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbiobrownolympia.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWbrownO.htm http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/olympiabrown.html |
| Maureen Bunyan** | She was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists (1975) and of the International Women's Media Foundation (1990), which serves women journalists in 100 countries. | http://www.ailf.org/notable/iaa/dc2002/Maureen20Bunyan.html http://www.answers.com/topic/maureen-bunyan |
| Carol Burnett | One of the most successful female comedians on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, | http://www.famoustexans.com/carolburnett.htm http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/burnettcaro/burnettcaro.htm |
| Barbara Pierce Bush & | Rarely has a First Lady been greeted by the American people and the press with the approbation and warmth accorded to Barbara Pierce Bush. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html http://www.answers.com/topic/barbara-bush |
| First Lady Laura Bush & ** | Actively involved in issues of national and global concern, with a particular emphasis on education, health care, and human rights. | http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/laura.asp |
| Susan Butcher | a dog musher who rose to fame when she became the second woman to win the Iditarod dogsled race in 1986, years. | http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/but0bio-1 http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/Iditarod/susan.html |
| Sarah Caldwell | Sarah Caldwell is an American opera director and conductor. | http://www.worldbook.com/features/whm/html/whm068.html |
| Rachel Carson @ | Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, grew up simply in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. | http://www.rachelcarson.org/ http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/carson/carson-bio.html |
| Rosalyn Smith Carter & ** | An advocate for mental health, early childhood immunization, human rights, and conflict resolution through her work at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/rc39.html http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/rsc/rscbio.phtml |
| Mary Cassatt @ | Specialized in painting the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. | http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cassatt/ |
| Connie S.P. Chen ** | Founder and chair of East West Collaboration, Inc. an international business advisory consortium. | http://chenplanning.com/index.html |
| Julia Child | Was a famous American cook, author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television programs. | http://www.starchefs.com/JChild/html/index.shtml http://americanhistory.si.edu/kitchen/index.htm (Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian) |
| Shirley Chisholm | Was an American politician, educator and author. | http://nh.essortment.com/shirleychisholm_ruol.htm |
| Frances Folsom Cleveland & | First bride of a President to be married in the White House. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/fc2224.html http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/h/cleve/ffc/index.html |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton & ** | A lawyer, former first lady of the United States, and is now a NY Senator. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html |
| Jacqueline Cochran @ | Founder and director of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) | http://www.wasp-wwii.org/wasp/jacqueline_cochran.htm http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/cochran1.htm |
| Lt. Co. Eileen Collins | U.S.A.F. Lt. Col. Eileen Marie Collins is the first woman ever selected to be a space shuttle pilot and the first woman to command a space shuttle. | http://quest.nasa.gov/space/frontiers/collins.html http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/ec.html http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/collins.html http://www.girlpower.gov/GIRLAREA/gpguests/eileen_collins.htm |
| Martha Layne Collins ** | First woman Governor of Kentucky | http://www.answers.com/topic/martha-layne-collins |
| Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge & | For her "fine personal influence exerted as First Lady of the Land," Grace Coolidge received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/gc30.html http://www.historycentral.com/bio/ladies/coolidge.html http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/usflag/presidents/gc30.html |
| Katherine (Katie) Couric ** | Katie Couric is the anchor of The CBS Evening News. | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183698/bio http://www.answers.com/topic/katie-couric |
| Jan N. Davis ** | An American astronaut and the current director of the Safety and Mission Assurance directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/davis.html |
| Mandelitte Del Barco ** | Covered stories on a wide variety of topics ranging from immigration, race relations, police, and street gangs to Latino politics, Hollywood, and urban street culture (including hip hop dance, music, and art | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100429 |
| Patricia Diaz Dennis ** |
Girl Scouts Elects
Patricia Diaz Dennis New Chair of National Board of Directors |
http://www.girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2005/patricia_diaz_dennis.asp http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/leader_magazine/2005_winter/patricia_diaz_dennis.asp |
| Emily Dickinson @ | Dickinson's poetry reflects her loneliness and the speakers of her poems generally live in a state of want, but her poems are also marked by the intimate recollection of inspirational moments which are decidedly life-giving and suggest the possibility of happiness. | http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/dickinson.htm http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/ http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155 |
| Phyllis Diller | Comedienne, film, television and stage actress, author, recording artist, spokesperson, gourmet cook, entrepreneur, concert pianist, philanthropist, humanitarian and unquestionably, one of the most beloved people in show business, | http://www.wic.org/bio/pdiller.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/phyllis-diller |
| Dorothea Dix @ | She was firstly a teacher and then a social reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill. In her life her goals were not defined, she simply did whatever would best help people. | http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/dorotheadix.html http://www.civilwarhome.com/dixbio.htm http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/dorothea.html |
| Elizabeth Dole ** | Elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. | http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/dole.htm |
| Marion Donovan ## | Marion Donovan revolutionized the infant care industry by inventing .................... | http://www.women-inventors.com/Marion-Donovan.asp http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/donovan.htm |
| Rita Dove ** | Was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993-95 and Special Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress bicentennial in 1999/2000 and has been, since 2004, the Poet Laureate of Virginia. | http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/dove_rita.html http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b/ |
| Isadora Duncan |
Dancer, adventurer,
revolutionist, ardent defender of the poetic spirit, Isadora Duncan
has been one of the most enduring influences on the 20th century
culture.
|
http://www.isadoraduncan.org/About_Isadora/about_isadora.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/isadora.html |
| Amelia Earhart @ | Was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight in 1937. | http://www.ameliaearhart.com/ http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html |
| Sylvia Earle | Marine biologist Sylvia Earle—sometimes known as "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General"—has been an explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/council/eir/bio_earle.html http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ear0bio-1 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookmarks/earle/ |
| Mary Baker Eddy | Was an influential American author, teacher, and religious leader, noted for her groundbreaking ideas about spirituality and health, which she named Christian Science. | http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/marybakereddy/life.jhtml http://www.tfccs.com/marybakereddy/;jsessionid=ECUDGIQSYD4W5KGL4L2SFEQ?_requestid=40423 |
| Gertrude Ederle |
A famous American
swimmer, became the first woman to swim the English Channel. In 1926, at the age of 19 |
http://www.msu.edu/~grawbur1/iahweb.html |
| Teresa Edwards ** | Four-time USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Teresa Edwards, one of the most respected players in international women's basketball history | http://www.usabasketball.com/bioswomen/teresa_edwards_bio.html |
| Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower & | Although she lived and traveled all over the world, Mrs. Eisenhower always remained a person who was most happy at home surrounded by her family. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/me34.html http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/mdebio.htm http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878533.html |
| Janet Evans ** | A record-breaking American competitive swimmer | http://www.janetevans.com/ http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/evansjanet.shtml |
| Etta Zuber Falconer | In 1969 she became the 10th African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics (from Emory University) with an Algebra dissertation entitled: "Quasi group Identities Invariant under Isotropy." | http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Falconer.html http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/falconner_ettaz.html |
| Fanny Farmer | Fannie Merritt Farmer greatly influenced the way Americans cook through her books and instruction. | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbiofarmerf.htm http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/farmer_1 |
| Geraldine Ferraro ** |
Geraldine
Ann Ferraro earned a place in history as the
first woman vice-presidential candidate on a
national party ticket.
|
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4940 http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000088 |
| Abigail Powers Fillmore & | After her marriage to Millard Fillmore, she continued to teach, becoming the first First Lady to have a job outside the home. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/af13.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=14 |
| Dr. Anna Fisher ** | An American astronaut, currently awaiting assignment to the International Space Station or the Space Shuttle. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fisher-a.html |
| Carrie Fisher ** | An American actress, screenwriter and novelist, best known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy. | |
| Peggy Fleming ** | American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. | http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/flemingpeg.shtml |
| Jane Fonda | Is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. | |
| Elizabeth Bloomer Ford & | Betty Bloomer Ford did not expect to become First Lady. As wife of Representative Gerald R. Ford, she looked forward to his retirement and more time together. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ef38.html http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/usflag/presidents/ef38.html |
| Aretha Franklin | The Queen Of Soul: Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. | http://www.aretha-franklin.com/ |
| Betty Friedan | Through decades of social activism, strategic thinking and powerful writing, Friedan is one of contemporary society's most effective leaders. | http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=62 http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue35/boucher35.htm |
| Margaret Fuller | Fuller contributed significantly to the American Renaissance in literature and to mid-nineteenth century reform movements. | http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/fuller/ http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/margaretfuller.html |
| Lucretia Rudolph Garfield & | Former First Lady | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/lg20.html |
| Althea Gibson | A trailblazing athlete who become the first African American to win championships at Grand Slam tournaments such as Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Doubles and the United States Open in the late 1950s. | http://www.altheagibson.com/biographical.htm http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_gibson_althea.htm |
| Nikki Giovanni | An American poet and author. | http://nikki-giovanni.com/ http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/173 |
| Diana Golden | Diana Golden was unquestionably one of the greatest, most successful, disabled athletes of all time | http://www.dsusa.org/DianaGolden/bio.html |
| Bette Nesmith Graham ## | Graham used her own kitchen blender to mix up her first batch of liquid ............... | http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm http://www.women-inventors.com/Bette-Nesmith-Graham.asp |
| Martha Graham | An American dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. | http://www.cmi.univ-mrs.fr/~esouche/dance/Graham2.html http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3735&source_type=A |
| Julia Dent Grant & | Julia was the first First Lady to serve eight full years since Elizabeth Monroe. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jg18.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/gran-jul.htm |
| Ella Grasso ** | Grasso was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1956-1958. She was the Secretary of State for Connecticut for three terms, twelve years | http://nvnv.essortment.com/ellagrasso_rfxy.htm http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000387 |
| Florence Griffith-Joyner ** | Athletically, Flo Jo elevated women's track to a higher level as she broke world records in the 100 and 200-meter events. This feat earned her the title "World's Fastest Woman." | http://www.florencegriffithjoyner.com/ http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/flo-jo/griffith_joyner_bio.html |
| Ruth Handler ## | Ruth Handler inventor of .................. | http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/handler.htm |
| Florence Kling Harding & | When Warren Harding was nominated in June of 1920, she walked down the platform with him, being the first candidate’s wife to do so. On November 2, 1920, she became the first First Lady to vote for her husband (Women won the right to vote in August, 1920). | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/fh29.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=30 http://www.historycentral.com/bio/ladies/harding.html http://www.worldbook.com/features/presidents/html/harding_florence.htm |
| Barbara Clementine Harris | African American clergywoman and social activist who was the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion. | http://www.edow.org/diocese/bishops/harris_bio.html http://www.brittanica.com/women/article-9399768 |
| Patricia Roberts Harris @ | Was well-known as an influential public official, diplomat and civil rights activist. Her many achievements included several "firsts." | http://esperstamps.org/h23.htm http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/0005huarnet/harris1.htm |
| Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison & | Never lived in the White House as the First Lady. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ah9.html http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/ah9.html |
| Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison & | in 1890 Caroline Scott Harrison lent her prestige as First Lady to the founding of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/harr-car.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ch23.html http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/ch23.html |
| Beverly Harvard ** | Named deputy chief, becoming the first and only Black woman to run a major city police department. | http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n11_v26/ai_18023807 |
| Lucy Ware Webb Hayes & | When Lucy watched her husband take his oath of office at the Capitol, her serene and beautiful face impressed even cynical journalists. | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/haye-luc.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/lh19.html |
| Edith Head | Eight-times Oscar-winner Head is the most famous costume designer in Hollywood history. | http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/433:251/1/Edith_Head.htm |
| Katharine Hepburn | Was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. | http://www-scf.usc.edu/~kristena/bio.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/29/hepburn.obit/ |
| Lynn Hill ** | Is a United States climber, known as a top sport climber of the 1980s and famous for making the first free ascent of the Nose Route on Yosemite's El Capitan. | http://www.womenclimbing.com/climb/biodetail.aspid=1 http://www.lynnhillclimbs.com/ |
| Lou Henry Hoover & | Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/lh31.html http://hoover.archives.gov/education/louhenrybio.html |
| Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper ## | Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was a remarkable woman who grandly rose to the challenges of ......................... | http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-story.html http://www.hopper.navy.mil/grace/grace.htm http://www.women-inventors.com/Dr-Grace-Murray-Hopper.asp |
| Millie Hughes-Fulford ** | Payload Specialist Astronaut | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/hughes-fulford.html http://www.spacedu.com/millienasabio.html |
| Zora Neale Hurston | From the 1930s through the 1960s, Zora Neale Hurston was the most prolific and accomplished black woman writer in America. | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/hurs-zor.htm |
| Rachel Donelson Jackson & | Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband's inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at The Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/rj7.html http://www.wnpt.net/rachel/ |
| Mary Phelps Jacob ## | The first modern ................... | http://family.phelpsinc.com/bios/mary_phelps_jacob.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa042597.htm |
| Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson & | Martha Jefferson ran the plantation life of Monticello. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mj3.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=3 |
| Dr. Mae Jemison | Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, September 12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/jemison/jemison-bio.html http://quest.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html |
| Tamara Jernigan ** | Tamara Jernigan is an American astronaut. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jernigan.html http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/jernigan_tamara.htm |
| Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson & | Lady Bird Johnson became First Lady at one of the most difficult moments in U.S. history: the day of President Kennedy's assassination. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/cj36.html http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/ladies/ct_johnson.html |
| Eliza McCardle Johnson & | Eliza was known as a staunch supporter of her husband. It was she who taught him to read and write. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ej17.html http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/ladies/em_johnson.html |
| Mary ("Mother") Jones | Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) was an Irish immigrant who devoted her life to improving conditions of the working class. | http://womenshistory.about.com/od/motherjones/p/mother_jones.htm http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/majones.htm http://www.bookrags.com/biography/mary-harris-jones/ |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee ** | Jackie Joyner-Kersee was an all-around athlete, but her explosiveness was her main weapon. | http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/joyner_j.htm http://www.espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016055.html |
| Wynonna Judd ** | Is an Award-winning Country Music singer. | http://www.wynonna.com/?content=wynonna |
| Donna Karan | Known as the queen of Seventh Avenue, Donna Karan is the owner and chief designer of Donna Karan Company, managing production and marketing as well as design. | http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0762321.html |
| Helen Keller @ | About the life of Helen Keller, the deaf blind woman who became a role model for millions of people. | http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp |
| Princess Grace Kelly ** | Was an Academy Award-winning American film actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2720000/2720723.stm http://www.answers.com/topic/grace-kelly |
| Ethel Kennedy ** | Is a member of the Kennedy family by her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy. | http://www.who2.com/ethelkennedy.html http://www.answers.com/topic/ethel-kennedy |
| Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy & | At the time of her husband's inauguration, Jacqueline Kennedy was the youngest First Lady since Frances Cleveland. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/ladies/kennedy.html |
| Billie Jean King | Women's right pioneer, Wimbledon singles tennis champ 6 times; U.S. champ 4 times; first woman athlete to earn $100,000. in one year. | http://www.wic.org/bio/bking.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109355.html |
| Mary-Claire King | In the jigsaw world of human genetics, UW Professor Mary-Claire King found a crucial piece that helps solve the mystery of breast cancer. | http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/chemo/readings/king.htm http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/sept96/king1.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/sept96/king2.html |
| Juanita Morris Kreps | American economist and public official, best remembered as the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of commerce. | http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar305020 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9125835/Juanita-Morris-Kreps |
| Julie Krone | In 1993, Julie Krone became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race, taking the Belmont Stakes. | http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=j_krone_montvale http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/horseracing/news/1999/04/23/krone_feature/ |
| Maggie Kuhn | Formed the Gray Panthers, an organization which addressed age discrimination, pension rights, nursing home reform, and other issues affecting the elderly. | http://mtmt.essortment.com/maggiekuhn_rfxw.htm http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=96 |
| Stephanie Kwolek ## | Many police officers owe their lives to Stephanie Kwolek because .............. | http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/plastics/kwolek.html http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blkevlar.htm |
| Hedy Lamarr ## | Though known primarily for her great beauty, she also co-invented the first ........... | http://www.inventions.org/culture/female/lamarr.html http://hypatiamaze.org/h_lamarr/scigrrl.html |
| Ann Landers ** | Was best known for writing the famous syndicated advice column "Ann Landers." For some 45 years, it was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. | http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0157499.html http://www.answers.com/topic/ann-landers |
| Harriet Lane & | Unique among First Ladies, Harriet Lane acted as hostess for the only President who never married: James Buchanan. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hl15.html |
| Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange was a natural photographer in the truest sense because she lived, in her words, "a visual life." | http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=d_lange http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Dorothea_Lange.html |
| Sherry Lansing | Sherry Lansing, the first woman to run a major studio, bids Hollywood farewell. | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6830712/site/newsweek/ |
| Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah is probably the most well-known and respected female rapper in the industry with her strong, empowering lyrics and personable style. | http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-q/queenlatifah_main.htm |
| Estee Lauder | Was the co-founder (with her husband) of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company. | http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/lauder.html |
| Shari Lewis ** | Popular puppeteer Shari Lewis, who won a dozen Emmys and a Peabody for children's programs that began drawing network audiences in 1960. | http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9808/03/shari.lewis.obit/index.html |
| Candy Lightner | Founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). | http://www.wic.org/bio/lightner.htm |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. | http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/history/liliuokalani.html |
| Mary Todd Lincoln & | A young lawyer summed her up in 1840: "the very creature of excitement." | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ml16.html |
| Belva Ann Lockwood | Belva Lockwood had a long and diverse legal career in Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress). | http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/papers/lockwood.htm http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=99 http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/belva-lockwood-1.html |
| Amy Lowell | Was an American poet. | http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/amylowell/lowell.htm |
| Susan Lucci ** | Susan Lucci began playing Erica Kane on the soap opera All My Children in 1970, | |
| Mary Lyon @ |
A schoolteacher from Massachusetts, an American pioneer, a remarkable woman who founded the worldwide model of higher education for women--Mount Holyoke College |
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/marylyon/ http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=maryLyon http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=102 |
| Dolley Payne Todd Madison &, @ | Of the early First Ladies in the United States, Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, fourth President of the United States, has been considered the most colorful. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/dm4.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/madi-dol.htm |
| Christa McAuliffe ** | In 1986 Christa McAuliffe stepped from the classroom into history. As part of a radical new approach by NASA, she was to be the first civilian in space. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html http://www.starhop.com/cm_bio.htm http://www.framingham.com/history/profiles/christa.htm |
| Barbara McClintock | http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/LL/Views/Exhibit/narrative/biographical.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1983/mcclintock-autobio.html | |
| Ida Saxton McKinley & | What sets her apart was how though afflicted by a condition that had to remain a secret to prevent social shame; she refused to remain secluded and tried as hard as she could to carry out a full social schedule. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/im25.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/mcki-ida.htm http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=25 http://www.historyswomen.com/1stWomen/idamckinley.htm |
| Margaret Mead @ | Was an American cultural anthropologist. | http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/margaretmead.html |
| Maria Mitchell | In 1848, Maria became the first women member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and later became a fellow of the society. | http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/mitchell.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/WIHOHIO/mitchell.htm http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/mitc-mar.htm |
| Elizabeth Kortright Monroe & | Elizabeth Monroe was First Lady from 1817-1825. She holds the dubious distinction of being dubbed a snob during her White House tenure. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/em5.html http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art4674.asp http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/ladies/monroe.html |
| Ann Moore ## | Ann Moore and her husband formed a company to make and market the carrier, called the Snugli (patented in 1969). | http://www.women-inventors.com/Ann-Moore.asp http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Ann_Moore.htm http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/annmoore/annmoore.html |
| Mary Tyler Moore ** | An American actress and comedian, perhaps best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. | http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/mooremaryt/mooremaryt.htm |
| Rita Moreno | The only female performer to have won all four of the most prestigious show business awards: the Oscar, the Emmy, the Grammy and the Tony. | http://www.barberusa.com/adult/moreno_rita.html |
| Julia Morgan | California's first female architect, Morgan began her career in collaboration with Bernard Maybeck on several buildings in Berkeley. | http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_coll/morgan/bio/bio.html http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Julia_Morgan.html |
| Lucretia Mott | Antislavery and Women's Rights Leader | http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/mott.html http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=112 |
| Patricia Ryan Nixon & | One of Pat Nixon's major causes in the years that she lived at the White House was "volunteerism", as she called it. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/pn37.html |
| Deborah Norville ** | An American television broadcaster and journalist. | http://www.insideedition.com/aboutus/bios/deborah_norville.aspx |
| Antonia Novello | Former Surgeon General of the United States. | http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/nov0bio-1 |
| Annie Oakley @ (Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee) | Was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. | http://www.lkwdpl.org/WIHOHIO/oakl-ann.htm |
| Sandra Day O'Connor ** | Is an American jurist and former politician who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. | http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/oconnor.html http://phoenix.about.com/cs/famous/a/oconnor.htm |
| Georgia O'Keeffe @ | O'Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s. | http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html |
| Rosa Parks | Was an African American seamstress and civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement". | http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html |
| Libby Pataki ** | Is the First Lady of New York and the wife of New York Governor George Pataki. | http://www.ny.gov/governor/firstfamily/libbio.html http://www.speaking.com/speakers/libbypataki.html |
| Jane Pauley ** | Most recently Pauley has served as co-anchor of Dateline NBC, anchor of Time and Again on MSNBC Cable, and anchor of NBC's Real Life with Jane Pauley. | http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0761966.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5887567/ |
| Elizabeth Palmer Peabody | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894) devoted her long and full life to the expression of Transcendental idealism in a variety of forms. | http://www.concordma.com/magazine/junjuly99/peabody.html http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/transcendentalism/elizabeth_palmer_peabody.html |
| Annie Smith Peck | After four years and five attempts, sixty-year-old Annie Smith Peck reached the summit of Peru’s Mount Huascaran. | http://www.ric.edu/rpotter/smithpeck.html http://www.loe.org/series/discovery_women/peck.php |
| Frances Perkins @ | Was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first female cabinet member. | http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARperkins.htm http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0838456.html |
| Mary Pickford | Mary's innate talent is what made Mary Pickford one of the most incredible performers on screen, and her head for business made her one of the greatest perfectionists in the history of film. | http://www.marypickford.com/about.html |
| Jane Means Appleton Pierce & | Then, in 1852, the Democratic Party made Pierce their candidate for President. His wife fainted at the news. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jp14.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=15 |
| Sarah Childress Polk & | Sarah Polk was the first presidential wife who took on the additional job of presidential advisor. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/sp11.html http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/ladies/polk.html |
| Emily Post | Was an American writer and socialite who became the nation's most famous authority on how to behave graciously in society and business. | http://www.who2.com/emilypost.html |
| Leontyne Price |
In 1955, Price was chosen to sing the title role in a
television production of Tosca, becoming the first black singer on a
television opera production.
|
http://www.afrovoices.com/price.html http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_price_leontyne.htm |
| Gertrude Pridget Rainey (better known as ) Ma Rainey | Was one of the earliest known professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. | http://www.redhotjazz.com/rainey.html |
| Jeannette Rankin | American pacifist, politician, and social activist. | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_jeannette_rankin.htm http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000055 http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/rankin_j.htm |
| Judy Rankin | Rankin won twenty-six events on the LPGA Tour. | http://www.answers.com/topic/judy-rankin |
| Nancy Davis Reagan & ** | As first lady, she became known for her efforts to publicize the dangers of illegal drugs and urge people to shun them. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/nr40.html |
| Janet Reno ** | Was the 78th Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001), and was the first woman to hold that post. | http://www.wic.org/bio/jreno.htm |
| Judy Resnick (PH.D) ** | Was an American astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/resnik.html |
| Debbie Reynolds ** | Debbie had a knack for comic expression and an indefatigable energy which allowed her to "sell" musical numbers, hold her own among weightier co-stars, and even carry a few films by herself. | http://www.debbiereynolds.com/ (In this site you can hear Debbie Reynolds sing) http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Reynolds/reynolds.htm |
| Dr. Condoleeza Rice | Became the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, on January 22, 2001. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/rice-bio.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/MTNG.html |
| Dr. Sally Ride ** | First American Woman in Space. | http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/ride.html http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html |
| Cathy Rigby ** | I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up — Is a gymnast, actress and speaker. | http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2004-10-02-rigby_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2004-10-02-rigby_x.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/cathy-rigby |
| Anna Eleanor Roosevelt &, @ | Was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husband's (Franklin D. Roosevelt's) New Deal, as well as Civil Rights. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/erbio.html |
| Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt & | A perceptive aide described the First Lady as "always the gentle, high-bred hostess; smiling often at what went on about her, yet never critical of the ignorant and tolerant always of the little insincerities of political life." | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/er26.html http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/familytree/Edith.htm http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/er26.html |
| Betsy Ross @ | America's most famous flag maker. | http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blross.htm http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0842450.html http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/ |
| Wilma Rudolph | Wilma became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals in the Olympics. | http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/rudolph_w.htm http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/rudo-wil.htm |
| Dr. Margaret Rhea Seddon ** | Is a former NASA Astronaut. | http://www.astronautix.com/astros/seddon.htm http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/seddon.html |
| Patsy Sherman ## | Inventor of ................ | http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/sherman.html http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blscotchgard.htm http://www.mmm.com/about3M/pioneers/sherman.html |
| Dinah Shore** | Was an American singer, actress and talk show host. | http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/shoredinah/shoredinah.htm |
| Beverly Sills | Was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in operas around the world and on recordings. | http://www.beverlysillsonline.com/timeline.htm http://www.beverlysillsonline.com/ |
| Bessie Smith @ | Bessie Smith was a rough, crude, violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. | http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html |
| Kate Smith | Was a Washington, D.C.-born singer best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". | http://katesmith.org/katebio.html |
| Margaret Chase Smith | Was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. | http://www.mcslibrary.org/ |
| Gloria Steinem ** | American feminist, political activist, and editor. | http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/steinem_g.htm http://search.eb.com/women/article-9069551 |
| Harriet Strong ## | Harriet Williams Strong was the primary innovator of.................. | http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=193 |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Was an abolitionist and writer. | http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/stow-har.htm |
| Anne Sullivan @ | A teacher best known as the tutor of Helen Keller. | http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/sull-ann.htm |
| Kathy Sullivan ** | Former Astronaut. President & CEO of COSI, a dynamic center of hands-on science learning and fun. | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/sullivan-kd.html http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/sullivan.html |
| Helen Herron Taft & | Former Fist Lady. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ht27.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=27 |
| Maria Tallchief | Acknowledged as the most technically accomplished ballerina ever produced in America. | http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=155 http://www.kennedycenter.org/calendar/index.cfmfuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3758&source_type=A |
| Ida Tarbell | US journalist! | http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jtarbell.htm http://tarbell.allegheny.edu/ |
| Dr. Helen Brook Taussig | Pediatric medicine - Cardiologist. | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_316.html |
| Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor & | The prospect of assuming the role of First Lady did not interest her. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mt12.html http://www.historycentral.com/bio/ladies/taylor.html |
| Dr. Giuliana Tesoro ## | NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE, 1977. | http://www.women-inventors.com/Dr-Giuliana-Tesoro.asp |
| Cheryl Tiegs ** | Cheryl Tiegs was perhaps the most famous American model of the 1970s. | http://www.who2.com/cheryltiegs.html |
| Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman & |
Often known as "Bess
Truman", was the wife of
Harry S Truman
and
First Lady of the United States
from
1945
to
1953.
|
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/et33.html |
| Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree) @ | Revered for her autobiographical account, titled Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself, which was first published in 1861 under a pseudonym, with all of the names changed. | http://www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/jaco-har.htm http://www.sojournertruth.org/History/Biography/Default.htm |
| Harriet Tubman @ | Harriet Tubman's life was a monument to courage and determination that continues to stand out in American history. | http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html http://womenshistory.about.com/od/harriettubman/p/harriet_tubman.htm |
| Kathleen Turner ** | Is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. | http://www.kathleen-turner.com/biography.php |
| Julia Gardiner Tyler & | The first President wife to marry in office took his vows in New York on June 26, 1844 2nd wife to President John Tyler. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jt10.html |
| Letita Christina Tyler & | Letitia Tyler had been confined to an invalid's chair for two years when her husband unexpectedly became President 1st wife to President John Tyler. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/lt10.html |
| Hannah Hoes Van Buren & | She never had the honor of acting as the First Lady. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hvb8.html http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=8 |
| Ruth Wakefield ## | Was the inventor of the............... | http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blchocolatechipcookies.htm |
| Lillian D. Wald | Was a nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, women's rights activist, and the founder of American community nursing. | http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-4.html http://www.aahn.org/gravesites/wald.html http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wov/wald/lwbio.html |
| Madame C. J. Walker | Revolutionized the hair care and cosmetics industry for African American women early in the 20th century. | http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwalker.htm http://www.madamecjwalker.com/ http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mad.htm |
| Dr. Mary Edwards Walker @ |
Was a
feminist,
abolitionist,
prohibitionist,
spy,
prisoner of war,
surgeon
and the only woman to receive the
Medal of Honor.
|
http://ngeorgia.com/people/walker.html http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mar.htm |
| Barbara Walters ** | Walters began her career in broadcast journalism as a writer for CBS News. | http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/waltersbarb/waltersbarb.htm |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Mercy became a Patriot writer, and she wrote plays, poems and lots of other writings that supported independence. | http://www.masshist.org/bh/mercybio.html http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2002/warren.html http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mowarren.htm |
| Martha Dandridge Custis Washington & @ | Seen as the first First Lady of the United States (although that title was not coined until after her death; she was simply known as "Lady Washington"). | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mw1.html http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biomwash.cfm |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett @ | She stands as one of our nation's most uncompromising leaders and most ardent defenders of democracy. | http://www.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/AAIH/caaih/ibwells/ibwbkgrd.html http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=167 |
| Phillis Wheatley | Was one of the most well- known poets in America during her day. | http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/american/wheatley.html http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_phillis_wheatley.htm http://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/whea-phi.htm |
| Christine Todd Whitman ** | Is an American Republican politician and author, 50th Governor of New Jersey and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/whitman-bio.html |
| Emma Willard | Was an American women's rights advocate, and the pioneer who founded the first women's school of higher education. | http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852287.html http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2001/willard1.html |
| Venus Williams ** | Is a former World No. 1 tennis player. | |
| Edith Bolling Galt Wilson & | "Secret President," "first woman to run the government" Second Wife to Woodrow Wilson.` | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ew28-2.html |
| Ellen Louise Axson Wilson & | First wife to Woodrow Wilson. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ew28-1.html |
| Oprah Winfrey | Is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. | http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/winfrey_o.htm http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1 |
| Sarah Winnemucca | Was notable for being the first Native American woman known to secure a copyright and to publish in the English language. | http://www.unr.edu/wrc/nwhp/biograph/winnemucca.htm http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=172 |
| Judy Woodruff ** | Is an American television news anchor and journalist. | http://www.nndb.com/people/805/000050655/ |
| Victoria Woodhull | Although few have heard of her today, when she ran for President of the United States in 1872, | http://www.victoria-woodhull.com/whoisvw.htm http://victoria-woodhull.com/tiltonbio.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWwoodhullV.htm |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow | http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1977/yalow-autobio.html | |
| Babe Didrikson Zaharias @ | The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete. | http://www.famoustexans.com/babedidrikson.htm http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014147.html |
| Rachel Zimmerman ## | Rachel Zimmerman was twelve years old when she invented................ | http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210181/images/zimmerman.htm http://www.women-inventors.com/Rachel-Zimmerman.asp |
| http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/ http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-women4wars.html |
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