A | B |
Susan B. Anthony | fought for suffrage or women's right to vote |
Ida B. Wells | for women's and African-American empowerment, and ending lynching |
Flapper | new liberal woman of the 1920s |
Rosa Parks | fought for civil rights and ending segregation |
Betty Friedan | women's rights activist, Created N.OW., wrote Feminine Mystique |
Phyllis Schlafly | conservative, against Equal Right Amendment |
Frances Willard | fought for prohibition against alcohol |
Jane Adams | fought for immigrant rights, created Hull House |
Eleanor Roosevelt | Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women |
Dolores Huerta | Created the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, wanted more rights for migrant workers |
Sonia Sotomajor | 1st Hispanic on the Supreme Court |
Oprah Winfrey | Philanthropist, 1st African-American Billionaire |
Sandra Day O'Connor | 1st female on the Supreme Court |
Estee Lauder | ntrepreneur w/ global cosmetic company; credited with pioneering marketing idea of receiving a gift with a purchase; "Beauty is an attitude. |
Shirley Chisholm | In 1968, became the 1st African-American Women elected to congress. 1st female to run for presidential nomination under a major party (Democratic). |
Rosie the Riveter | Government campaign to get more women into the Workforce during WWII. Symbol would go on to represent feminist movement. |