Septima Clark
Education and civil rights
Educator and civil rights activist who developed literacy and citizenship workshops
Amy French
Image: Tumblr, public domain
Sarah Emma Edmonds
Military in Civil War
Woman who fought in the United States Civil War
Amy French
Image: University of Michigan photo collection
Sandra Day O'Connor
Law
First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court
Amy French
Image: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, NARA
Ruth Ellis
LGBT activism
African-American woman known for her activism for LGBT rights in the early 20th century
Amy French
Image: open source
Rosie the Riveter
Working women during WWII
Example of the varied positions that women took on during World War II that were outside the "accepted" sphere for women
Amy French
Image: Alfred T. Palmer, Library of Congress
Rose Gollup Cohen
Sweatshop labor
Immigrant sweatshop worker who wrote about the abuses suffered by workers during the Industrial Revolution
Amy French
Image: Jewish Women's Archive, private collection
Rosa Parks
Women's rights
Activist who fought to make society safer for women and to end racial segregation
Amy French
Image copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosaparks.jpg
Delta College
Nawal el Saadawi
Genital mutilation
Egyptian physician who combats female genital mutilation
Amy French
Image: Mansour Nasiri
Myra Bradwell
Law
Pioneered the legal profession for women in the United States
Amy French
Image: Mosher photo studio, c. 1870; Chicago Historical Society
Mary Sinclair
Environmental Activism
Amy French