List of Influential Women

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Virginia Hall (1906-1982), World War II Spy for the Allies

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Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), Extraordinarily Successful Businesswoman

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Maria Tallchief (1925-2013), Prima Ballerina

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Carrie A. Nation (1846-1911), Crusader for Prohibition and for the Rights of Women

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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) Actress Turned Congressperson

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Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883), Successful Entrepreneur

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Belva Lockwood (1830-1917), American Attorney and Crusader for Equal Rights

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Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964), Educator, Scholar, and Activist

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Justina Ford (1871-1952), Physician

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Susie King Taylor (1848-1912), Educator, Author, Activist

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Sarah E. Goode, (ca.1850-1909), Inventor

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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), Great Strides in Education and Civil Rights

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Olive Oyl: Popeye was an Afterthought

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Who Should Tell the Story of 9/11?

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The Government Asked For Pets for Defense in the 1940s

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Jessie Field Shambaugh (1881-1971)

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Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)

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Katy Payne (1937- )

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Louise A. Boyd (1887-1972), Arctic Explorer

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Nancy Kelsey: First Woman to Travel to California by Wagon Train

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Sue Hendrickson (1949- )

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Bessie Coleman, Early Pilot

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Josephine Baker (1906-1975)

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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)

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Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochran): Investigative Reporter

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