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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author whose book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" played an influential role in awakening Americans to the horrors of slavery
Gloria Steinem
Reporter and speaker whose activism revolutionized the women's rights movement of the latter 20th c. in the US
George Sand
Born Amadine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, she was a prolific writer and advocate for women's rights
Frida Kahlo
Important artist of the mid-20th century
Frances Perkins
First woman to be appointed to the US Cabinet--as the Secretary of Labor, no less, in a time when wage work was considered outside woman's sphere
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fought for voting rights for African Americans and led change through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and her Congressional testimony
Emma Goldman
Noted anarchist who fought for the rights of laborers and women
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane "Nellie Bly"
Investigative report who revolutionized journalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Leader of the 19th century women's rights movement
Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman to graduate from medical school in the US