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Abigail Adams
exerted political influence over her Husband President John Adams and her Son John Quincy Adams -
Molly Pitcher A.K.A Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
Replaced her Husband in the Battle of Monmouth. "she was voted an annuity for her ‘services’ rather than as a veterans' widow, suggesting that she had seen action." -
Lucretia Mott
"December 1833 Lucretia Mott was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society" She devoted most of her time to anti-slavery issues, however, she also devoted time to
the intertwined causes of feminism and antislavery. She and her husban also made thier home a stop on the Underground Railroad. -
Dorthea Dix
Dorthea was an advocate of the asylum, poorhouse and prison reform. She was also the Superintendent of Female Nurses in 1861 -
Susan B. Anthony
She campaigned for the abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property and retain their earnings, and she advocated for women's labor organizations. Susan founded the National Woman Sufferage Association. In 1872 Susan voted and was fined $100. Susan never paid that fine. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams recieved Nobel Peace Prize and was hospitalized that same day. Before this she and her friend, Ellen G Starr opened the Hull House in Chicago to "provide a to provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago". -
Emily Greene Balch
Nobel Peace Prize winner, founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and an important advocate for peace during WWI and WWII. -
Daisy Gatson Bates
"In 1952, she was elected president of the Arkansas Conference of Branches, the umbrella organization for the state NAACP. " In 1957 Daisy was chosen as Women of the Year in Education because of her stand for equal rights. She was a mentor to the "Little Rock Nine".
