List of Influential Women

Dorothy Arzner

Dorothy Arzner, First Female Director in Hollywood Studio System

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Grace Wisher, Young Black Girl Helped Sew Star Spangled Banner

Ophelia DeVore

Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell: Fashion Model, Entrepreneur, Publisher

Bessie Blount

Bessie Blount Griffin, Physical Therapist and Inventor

Septima Clark

Septima Clark Founded Citizenship Schools

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Anti-Slavery Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Mary Pickersgill: Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner

Amanda Theodosia Jones

Amanda Theodosia Jones, Inventor and Owner of All-Woman Business

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Alice Huyler Ramsey, First Woman to Drive Across U.S.

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Gertrude Käsebier: Enhanced Portrait Photography

Fannie Farmer

Fannie Farmer: Cookbook Author Who Instituted Exact Measuring

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Marie Van Brittan Brown: Home Security System Inventor

Ebony Fashion Fair

Ebony Fashion Fair and Eunice Johnson

Ethel Payne

Ethel Payne, Ground-Breaking Black Female Journalist

Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln’s Shopping Habits in Perspective

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American Inventors: The Stories of Men and Women Who Devise Answers to Vexing Problems

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Five Stand-Outs to Remember

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa: First Latina Astronaut, Inventor and Now Director of “Mission Control”

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Revolutionary War: The Women Who Should be Remembered

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At Niagara Falls? Think of this Daredevil

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Isabella Coleman: Rose Parade Float Designer and Innovator

Poodles Against Hitler: A Canine Unit for World War II

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Harriet Lawrence Hemenway (1858-1960): Saving Birds One Hat at a Time

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Martha Ann Maxwell (1831-1881): Naturalist and Taxidermist

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Sacagawea: Only Woman to Accompany the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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