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Salem Witch Trials
A phase of trials for people accused of witchcraft; these trials began due to a group of girls, of Salem Village, claiming the devil had possessed them and that women in the community had performed this "Devil's magic". -
Abigail Adams
Adams was the wife of President of the United States, John Adams; she is known for being the our country's first Second Lady and its second First Lady (however, these were not the titles back then). -
Sacajawea
Sacajawea assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition; she guided and helped translate the languages. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan Anthony aided the women's suffrage, as a feminist and a social reformer; she was about equal rights for colored people as well, receiving petitions against slavery at just seventeen years old. -
Emily Dickinson
Dickinson was/is a poet; Emily was famous for always regarding emotions and what we must all expect out of life, with depth. -
Carrie Nation
Member of the "Temperance Movement" -
Calamity Jane
Calamity fought battles, as a payed scout; she is known for being kindhearted; also, she made an appearance on Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. -
Annie Oakley
A female marksman; her skills were recognized at just fifteen years old, when she won a "shooting match" along side Frank E. Butler. -
Jane Addams
"Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace." says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams -
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Author of "Little House on a Prairie" . -
Sojourner Truth
Truth was a born-slave; she would become a women's activist; she managed to escape from slavery in 1826, with her baby. -
Alice Paul
Paul was a feminist and the main in charge of the campaign for the 19 Amendment. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus-seat to a white man; she was thrown into prison for it; she became a member of one of King's movements. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is best known for guiding 300 something slaves through the "Underground Railroad" process. -
19th Amendment to the Constitution
This amendment gave women the right to vote; passed in 1920, it was a major accomplishment for those who had fought years for this. -
Betty Friedan
Friedan was a feminist; and a big time leader in the movement, too; she was also a writer. -
Marilyn Monroe
Monroe was a film star and model; she is widely known as a major sex icon of her time; her signature roles in films being the "dumb blonde". -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Former associate justice, in the position from 1981 (when she had been appointed) until 2006. -
Geraldine Ferraro
Ferraro was "the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party." says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro; also, she was a lawyer and member of the Democratic Party and United States House of Representatives. -
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is a former First Lady of the United States; she is/was married to former President of the United States, Bill Clinton; she is responsible for CHIP (a program for children's health insurance); she served as a secretary during the years 2009-2013; and was currently a candidate for running president. -
Sally Ride
http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284 says, "In 1983, astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger." -
Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor is a national judge of our supreme court, since August 2009. -
Condoleezza Rice
Rice was 66th up for United States' Secretary of State; she is also a diplomat and political scientist. -
Sarah Palin
According to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin Sarah Palin, "is an American politician, commentator, and author who served as the ninth Governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 election running with the Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major political party and the first Republican woman nominated for the vice presidency." -
Griswold v. Connecticut
This court case was basically the debate on whether or not it is wrong- whether that be morally or naturally- for a woman to purposefully prevent herself from becoming pregnant, with the use of birth control or protection methods. -
Title IX
Title IX threw out the law that you could not be refused by educational services or financial help from the national government because of your sex. -
Roe v. Wade
A court decision on the topic of abortion; many believed abortion should remain legal, pointing out how a woman has the right to her own body; however, others did not concur, both men and women. -
Family Medical Leave Act
Employees are allowed to leave work due to health or domestic reasoning; these employees can rely on their bosses to, "job-protected and unpaid leave" according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_and_Medical_Leave_Act_of_1993. -
Janet Reno
First female Attorney General of the United States; selected by former president, Bill Clinton himself, for the role; she comes in second for duration length of running for this position.
