This section began as a celebration of March and Women’s History Month; it continues as a regular feature because there are so many unrecognized women who have made major contributions to history.
Native American community activist, tribal chief and tribal legislator Wilma Mankiller served her people as a Cherokee Chief from 1985-95, making her the first woman to lead a major tribe. […]
Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010) Read More »
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter”
Sheyann Webb (1956- ) Read More »
Freed American women from corsets by designing and patenting a bra (1913) Mary Phelps Jacob (1892-1970) wanted something more comfortable than a corset to wear under one of her ball
Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob) Invented Bra Read More »
American dogsledder and first woman to win the Iditarod, 1985
The Iditarod is a grueling 1152-mile trans-Alaska dogsled race in which male mushers dominated until 1985 when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the annual race.
Libby Riddles (1956- ) Read More »
Sharpshooter who presented an early image of a powerful woman While Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey) is a familiar name to all Americans, she is included here to recognize
Annie Oakley (1860-1926) Read More »
Achieved many basketball firsts.
Nancy Lieberman was the first high school student, male or female, to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Nancy Lieberman (1958- ) Read More »
