List of Influential Women

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World War II Years: A Wife’s Anguished Letter

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Sacagawea: Native Americans Tell Her Story

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First Native American Doctor: Susan La Flesche Picotte

Maggie Lena Walker

Maggie Lena Walker, Black Businesswoman and Bank President

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters, Blues Singer and Actress

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Tiffany Designer Clara Driscoll

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First Sorority for Black Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha

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Marjorie Stewart Joyner: Permanent Hair-Wave Machine Inventor

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Ruth Robertson: Photojournalist, War Correspondent, Explorer

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Cherry Trees Brought to D.C. By Helen Taft

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott’s Home: Orchard House

Hazel Ying Lee

Hazel Ying Lee: First Female Chinese American Military Pilot

Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington, 16, Helped Patriots in Revolutionary War

Mary Ellen Pleasant

Mary Ellen Pleasant, Entrepreneur and Abolitionist

Bette Nesmith Graham

“Liquid Paper” for Typists Invented by Secretary

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Isabella Greenway: Entrepreneur and Congresswoman

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Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman and Trailblazer

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Campbell Kids Creator Grace Drayton

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WWI: U.S. Recruits Women Operators

Sarah Keys Evans

Sarah Keys Evans: Taking a Stand for Civil Rights

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The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Dr. May Chinn

Dr. May Chinn, Harlem Physician and Cancer Researcher

Pancho Barnes

Pancho Barnes: Pioneering Aviator and Legendary Woman

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Mar-a-Lago: The Winter White House

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First Animal Shelter in U.S. Due to Caroline Earle White

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