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Abolitionist and women's rights activist. Known for her speech titled, "Ain't I a Woman".
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Opened Boffin's Bower: a clubhouse for working women. The Bower provided food and clothing to the needy, and temporary lodging to a small number of homeless women. Collins helped hundreds of women find employment each year
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Wrote the Women Lawyer's Bill that allowed women to practice law. She was the first woman to pass the California Bar.
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Advocated for the separation of church and state by forming the Women's National Liberal Union.
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Climbed Mt. Coropuna in Peru and planted a "Votes for Women" banner.
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Formed the National Woman's Party.
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Helped create the NAACP.
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Suffrage artist who created positive suffrage images. She helped changed the public opinion of women.
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Founded American Birth Control League, which eventually became Planned Parenthood
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Activist who founded dozens of organizations and wrote an anti-lynching bill that became MN law in 1921.
