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Annie Smith Peck
Annie Smith Peck was an adventurer, teacher, author, and mountain climber who achieved new heights for women, not just by scaling summits but through…
Alice Paul
Suffragist who started the National Woman's Party and was willing to lose her freedom for the cause
Ida Wells-Barnett
Female editor and inspiration for the anti-lynching campaign of the NAACP
Jane Addams
Progressive-era reformer who sought to change society through education, labor legislation, and social work
Madam C.J. Walker
African-American woman who started a successful beauty company and encouraged US citizens to see black women as beautiful
Joan of Arc
Woman who led the French army to many victories in the Hundred Years' War
Kathrine Switzer
First female to run as a numbered entry in the Boston Marathon
Malala Yousafzai
Young woman who works to educate girls in Pakistan
Margaret Sanger
Nurse who risked her freedom to open birth control clinics and laid the path for reproductive rights
Marie Curie
First female scientist to win a Nobel Prize
Martha Ballard
Late 18th c. midwife whose diary gives insight into this important field for women