Bain News Service, Mrs. Kate Wallert Barrett, Co-Founder National Crittention Mission, Library of Congress, Unknown
Kate Barett understood that in order to achieve her goals, she’d need to be taken seriously, which is why she pursued a medical degree in order to the…
Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter, Library of Congress, 22 January 1913
You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the…
Beck Archives, Special Collections, Penrose Library and CJS, University of Denver, 1887 - Frances Wisebart Jacobs, "Mother of Charities", University of Denver, Unknown
Frances Wisebart Jacobs more than earned her nickname as the “Mother of Charities” as she founded and aided many charities throughout her lifetime.…
Carl Van Vetchen - Photographer, Robert Berks - Sculptor, Memorial for Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Activist, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, April 6 1949: Photograph, July 10, 1974: Sculpture
Memorial commemorating Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and activist who made significant contributions to the rights of African Americans.
The…
Center for Women in Leadership, Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, Center for Women in Leadership, Unknown
Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, or Sheikha Fatima, is the widow of the former Sheikh Zayed, the founder and first president of the United Arab Emirates.…
Chicago Public Library, 1924- Vivian Gordon Harsh, became the Chicago Public Library System's First Black Librarian, Chicago Public Library, No date given
"Vivian Gordon Harsh was the first African American librarian in the Chicago Public Library system and a significant contributor to Chicago's Black…