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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…
Jane Goodall
Leading authority on chimpanzees with ground-breaking discoveries, identifying similarities between man and chimpanzee.
Jean Goodnow
First female college president in the mid-Michigan area
Joan of Arc
Woman who led the French army to many victories in the Hundred Years' War
Katherine Von Bora
Former Catholic nun turned Protestant reformer
Kathrine Switzer
First female to run as a numbered entry in the Boston Marathon
Madam C.J. Walker
African-American woman who started a successful beauty company and encouraged US citizens to see black women as beautiful
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