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A list of all the women who have been honored for
National Women’s History Week and National Women’s History Month follows
(in alphabetical order): Go to http://www.nwhp.org/whm/ to read about each honoree |
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Bella Abzug (1920-1998 )
Congresswoman |
Martha Graham (1894-1991)
Dancer, Choreographer |
Nina Otero-Warren (1881- 1965)
Politician, ,Businesswoman |
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Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
Women Rights Advocate |
Angelina Grimké (1805-1879)
Abolitionist |
Essie Parrish (1903-1979)
Kashaya Pomo Doctor |
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Rebecca Adamson (1950-)
Native American Advocate |
Sarah Grimké (1792-1873)
Abolitionist |
Alice Paul (1885–1977)
Suffragist |
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Jane Addams (1860–1935)
Social Worker |
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
Civil Rights Activist |
Frances Perkins (1880–1965)
Government Leader |
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Marian Anderson (1902-1993)
Singer |
Alice Hamilton (1869-1970)
Physician, Social Reformer |
Esther Peterson (1906-1996)
Labor advocate |
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Mary Anderson (1872–1964)
Labor Activist |
Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
Abolitionist, Author |
Mary Pickford (1893-1979)
Actress |
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Ethel Percy Andrus (1884–1967)
AARP Founder |
La Donna Harris (1931-)
Indian Rights Activist |
Leontyne Price (1927-)
Singer |
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Maya Angelou (1928-)
Author, Poet |
Dorothy Height (1912-)
Humanitarian |
"Ma" Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer |
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Susan B. Anthony (1820- 1906)
Women’s Rights Activist |
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
Playwright, Screenwriter |
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Congresswoman |
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Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)
Physician |
Anita Hill (1956-)
Lawyer |
Florence Reece (1900-1986)
Labor Song Writer |
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Judith F. Baca (1946-)
Artist, Muralist |
Dolores Huerta (1930-)
Civil Rights Activist |
Sally Ride (1951-)
Astronaut |
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Ella Baker (1903–1986)
Civil Rights Activist |
Jovita Idár (1885–1946)
Journalist |
Robin Roberts (1960-)
Broadcast Journalist |
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Clara Barton (1821- 1912)
American Red Cross Founder |
Shirley Jackson (1946-)
Physicist |
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
Humanitarian |
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Catherine Beecher (1800-1852)
Author, Educator |
Mae Jemison (1956)
Astronaut |
Harilyn Rousso (1946)
Disabled Rights Activist |
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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Presidential Advisor |
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones (1830–1930)
Labor Organizer |
Ernestine Rose (1810-1892)
Suffragist, Reformer |
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Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)
Doctor |
Helen Keller (1880–1968)
Disabled Rights Advocate |
Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994)
Olympic Athlete |
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Gertrude Bonnin (1876-1938)
Indian Rights Activist |
Billie Jean King (1943-)
Athlete |
Sacajawea (1784-1812)
Frontier Guide |
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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
Photojournalist |
Coretta Scott King (1927-)
Civil Rights Activist |
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941-)
Singer |
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Carol Moseley Braun (1947)
US Senator |
Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-)
Author |
Margaret Sanger (1879–1966)
Birth Control Advocate |
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Pearl Buck (1892-1973)
Author, Humanitarian |
Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima (1919-)
Civil Rights Activist |
Rose Schneiderman (1882–1972)
Union Organizer |
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Sarah Buel (1953-)
Domestic Violence Activist |
Yuri Kochiyama (1922-)
Civil Rights Advocate |
Tye Leung Schulze (1888–1972)
Interpreter |
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Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961)
Educator, School Founder |
Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995)
Activist for Senior Citizens |
Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-)
Writer, Poet, Educator |
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Edna Campbell (1968-)
Athlete, Cancer Prevention Activist |
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
Photographer |
Beverly Sills (1929-)
Opera singer |
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Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
Biologist |
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
Poet, Translator |
Lillian Smith (1897-1966)
Author |
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Mary Shadd Cary (1823-1893)
Journalist, Lawyer |
Gerda Lerner (1920-)
Historian |
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
Senator |
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Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Writer |
Tania Léon (1943-)
Composer; Conductor |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Women’s Rights Activist |
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Linda Chavez-Thompson (1944)
Labor Leader |
Queen Lili'uokalani (1838–1917)
Monarch |
Gertrude Stein (1874- 1946)
Writer |
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Shirley Chisholm (1924-)
Congresswomen, Activist |
Maya Lin (1959-)
Architect, Sculptor |
Gloria Steinem (1934-)
Women Rights Activist |
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Septima Clark (1898-1987)
Civil Rights Activist |
Belva Lockwood (1830-1917)
Lawyer |
Lucy Stone (1818-1893)
Women's Rights Activist |
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Alice Coachman (1923-)
Olympic Athlete |
Maria Lopez de Hernandez (1896-1986)
Civil Rights Activist |
Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
Educator |
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Jacqueline Cochran (1910-1980)
World Renowned Pilot |
Susan Love (1948-)
Breast Cancer Researcher |
Emma Tenayuca (1916–1999)
Labor Organizer |
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Bessie Coleman (1896-1926)
Pioneering Pilot |
Juliette Low (1860- 1927)
Girl Scouts USA Founder |
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
Women’s Rights Activist |
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Jill Ker Conway (1934-)
Educator, Writer, Historian |
Mary Lyon (1797-1849)
Founder, Mount Holyoke College |
Susette La Flesche Tibbles (1854- 1903)
Indian Rights Advocate |
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Dorothy Day (1897–1980)
Social Reformer |
Wilma Mankiller (1945-)
Indian Rights Activist |
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Abolitionist; Women’s Rights Activist |
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Ada Deer (1935-)
Indian Rights Activist |
Sonia Manzano (1950-)
Actress |
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)
Conductor, Underground Railroad |
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Poet |
Maria Montoya Martinez (1887-1980 )
Artist, Potter |
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–1992)
Author |
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Dorothea Dix (1802-1887)
Social Reformer |
Vilma Martinez (1943-)
Civil Rights Attorney |
Wilma Vaught (1930-)
Brigadier General |
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Amelia Earhart (1897–1937)
Pioneering Aviator |
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
Nobel Prize Scientist |
Madam C.J. Walker (1867–1919)
Entrepreneur |
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Elizabeth Eckford (1942-)
Student Activist |
Margaret Mead (1901–1978)
Anthropologist and Author |
Rebecca Walker (1969-)
Youth Organizer |
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Marian Wright Edelman (1939-)
Children Rights Advocate |
Patsy Mink (1927-2002)
Congresswoman, Women’s Rights Activist |
Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910–1997)
Healer/Community Leader |
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Gertrude B. Elion (1918-1999)
Nobel Prize Biologist |
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)
Astronomer |
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931)
Journalist |
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Felisa Rincon de Gautier (1897- 1994)
Political Activist |
Alicia Dickerson Montemayor (1902–1989)
Latina Activist and Artist |
Frances Willard (1839-1898)
Temperance Leader |
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Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
Olympic Athlete |
Toni Morrison (1931-)
Nobel Prize Author |
Mary Louise Defender Wilson (1930-)
Storyteller |
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Lillian Gilbreth (1878- 1972)
Industrial Engineer |
Ellen Ochoa (1958-)
Astronaut |
Sarah Winnemucca (1844- 1891)
Indian Rights Activist |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933- )
Supreme Court Justice |
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-)
Supreme Court Justice |
Jade Snow Wong (1922- )
Artist and writer |
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Mary Katherine Goddard (1738- 1816)
Printer, Declaration of Independence |
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986)
Artist |
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997)
Scientist |
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Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
Social Reformer, Anarchist |
Graciela Olivarez (1928- 1987)
Lawyer |
Alice Yu (1905- 2000)
Educator |
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Katharine Graham (1917-2001)
Publisher |
Kitty O'Neal (1946- )
Stuntwoman |
Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias (1914–1956)
Athlete |
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