Women In History - STEM and Education
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Seamstress, servant, teacher, Civil War nurse, and finally, author and novelist
Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906)
Napoleon of the women's suffrage movement, mother of the 19th Amendment, abolitionist
Ida B. Wells Barnett (1862-1931)
African-American educator, newspaperwoman, anti-lynching campaigner, founder NAACP
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
Civil War nurse, founder of the American Red Cross
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
African-American educator, founder of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, Presidential advisor, recipient of Spingarn Medal
Mother Cabrini (1850-1917)
The first American to be recognized by the Vatican as a saint
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Marine biologist, science writer, and environmentalist
Julia Child (1912-2004)
American chef, author, and television personality
Bessie Coleman (1893-1926)
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American civil aviator, African American
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Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
Aviatrix, first woman to be a passenger on a transatlantic flight and co-navigated the first round-the-world flight.
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992)
Computer pioneer and the oldest officer in active duty when she retired in 1986
Jane Edna Hunter (1882 – 1971)
African-American social worker, attorney, founder of Phyllis Wheatley Association of Cleveland
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
American Mathematician, NASA Pioneer and Educator
Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927)
Founder of the American Girl Scouts
Florence Nightingale (1810 – 1920)
Founder of Modern Nursing
Sally Ride (1951 - 2012)
First American woman to fly in space.
Eleanor Anna Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first activist First Lady
Harriet Beecher Stowe ( 1811-1896)
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Annie Sullivan (1866-1936)
Helen Keller's teacher
Phebe Sutliff (1859–1955)
American educator who served as president of Rockford College in Illinois
Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008)
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African American mathematician and human computer featured in the movie "Hidden Figures"
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