List of Influential Women First Female Surgeon in Civil War: Physician Mary WalkerGuardian of the Manhattan Project: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbinAnnie Dodge Wauneka (1907-1997): Improved Health Standards for the Navajo PeopleFirst Woman Tiger Trainer/Tamer: Mabel Stark (1888-1968)Elizabeth Thorn: Six Months Pregnant, Burying the Dead at GettysburgValaida Snow: Jazz Pioneer and “Queen of the Trumpet”Myra Bradwell (1831-1894): Rejected by Bar Assoc. but Builds Legal Publishing EmpireOlive Ann Mellor Beech (1904-1993), Aviation Industrialist and PioneerAnnie Edson Taylor (1838-1921): American DaredevilEleanor Roosevelt: Foster Parent for World War II RefugeesEsther Howland (1828-1904), First in America to Mass Produce ValentinesHattie McDaniel (1895-1952), First African-American to Win an OscarMary Fields: First African American Woman to Carry the MailThe Woman Behind the Salvation Army Bell RingersWorld War II and Hollywood: Participating in the War EffortChocolate Chip Cookie Inventor: Ruth Wakefield (1903-1977)Inventor Beulah Louise Henry: Known as “Lady Edison”Jackie Ormes (1911-1986), First African-American Female CartoonistFarmerettes, 1917-1919Adelina Otero-Warren (1881-1965), SuffragistLatinas in World War II: A Little-Recognized GroupSarah Winnemucca (ca. 1844-1891) Educator and Advocate for Native AmericansLuisa Moreno, (1907-1992), Labor OrganizerHazel Bishop (1906-1998), Research Chemist Who Made Name in CosmeticsMartha Gellhorn (1908-1998), Writer and Highly Respected War Correspondent Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Page
