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Deborah Stephens
First female firefighter in Saginaw, Michigan
Dolores Huerta
Labor activist whose work creating the United Farm Workers Union gave a disenfranchised group of laborers a voice in work relations
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ambassador and reformer, she advocated greater rights for women and minorities
Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman to graduate from medical school in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Leader of the 19th century women's rights movement
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane "Nellie Bly"
Investigative report who revolutionized journalism
Emma Goldman
Noted anarchist who fought for the rights of laborers and women
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fought for voting rights for African Americans and led change through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and her Congressional testimony
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
Frida Kahlo
Important artist of the mid-20th century