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Susan B.Anthony
Anthony played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement. In 1878, she and co-workers presented an amendment to Congress that would give women the right to vote. -
Clara Barton
Barton founded the American Red Cross and served as its first president. -
Louisa May Alcott
Alcott worked to support her family through financial difficulties at an early age, and managed to write “Little Women,” one of the most famous novels in American history. -
Nelly Bly
A journalist, she launched a new kind of investigative reporting. -
Amelia Earhart
Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for her accomplishments.