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Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Responsible for introduction of Woman's Suffrage amendment to US constitution adopted in 1920 |
Mary McLeod Bethune | Was an advisor on Negro education and minority problems to five successive presidents |
Eleanor Roosevelt | As first lady, she advocated for working women, blacks, youth, and farmers; helped draft the universal declaration of human rights as delegate to the United Nations |
Clara Barton | Founder of the American Red Cross |
Harriet Tubman | Known as "Moses leading her people" as she led over 300 slaves to freedom through the underground railroad. |
Helen Keller | An inspiring example of living a significant life despite handicaps |
Sacajawea | Instrumental in success of Lewis and Clark expedition for her work as translator, chief negotiator, and healer |
Francis Perkins | First woman to serve in Presidental Cabinet as Secretary of Labor; helped draft social security act and Fair Labor Standards Act |
Amelia Earhart | First woman to fly across the Atlantic; helped make flying possible for all |
Sojourner Truth | Influenced people with her powerful speeches against slavery and in favor of equal rights |
Lucretia Mott | Dedicated 50 years of her life to winning freedom for slaves and for women from their inferior status |
Jane Addams | First woman to win nobel prize (1931) for work on Hull House helping Chicago's poor |
Susan B. Anthony | Led and inspried women's suffrage movement for 50 years. |