List of Influential Women

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Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned Construction Co: McKissack & McKissack

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Women in Medicine: Little Known Crusaders

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Edmonia Lewis: Sculptor Who Achieved International Fame

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Jovita Idar: Mexican American Journalist and Activist

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Elizabeth Keckly, Slave Turned Entrepreneur, Confidante to Mary Lincoln

Alice S. Wells

Alice S. Wells: Among First Policewomen

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Annie Oakley: Sharpshooter & Remarkable Woman

Middle-aged Mary Colter

Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter: Architect in the Southwest

Baltimore Album Quilts

American Quilts: Documents of Politics and History

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The Harvey Girls

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Tombs Angel: A One-Woman Social Service Agency

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Charlotta Spears Bass: Newspaper Owner Fought for Civil Rights

baseball card for Audrey Wagner

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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Mexican Food Popularized in U.S. by Elena Zelayeta

young Alice Hamilton

Dr. Alice Hamilton and Industrial Toxicology

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Juneteenth: A Federal Holiday

Army nurses at rescue. Chaotic scene as they prepare to leave

U.S. Nurses Survive 3 Years in Japanese Prison Camp

Fannie Lou Hamer testifying at the DNC

Voting Rights Advocate Fannie Lou Hamer

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Rose Knox: Businesswoman Ahead of Her Time

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge, First Black Nominated for Best Actress Oscar

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Traveling West in 1854: The Story of an 11-Year-Old Girl and Her Family

A burning brick building with great grey plumes of fire rising from the rooftop.

The Invention of the Fire Escape

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First Giant Panda Brought to U.S. by Ruth Harkness

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Bridget “Biddy” Mason, Former Slave, Landowner, and Philanthropist

University of Arizona Special Collections; Ina Gittings on the pole vault

Trailblazer For Women in Sports: Ina Gittings

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