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Unknown, 1862- Dorothea Dix, Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses, Library of Congress, Unknown

A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. The soft spoken yet autocratic crusader had…

Tags: Civil War, Dorothea Dix, Military, Nursing, Superintendent, Women

American Anti-Vivisection Society, 1869 - Caroline Earle White, Women's Humane Society Founder, American Anti-Vivisection Society, between 1856-1916

Caroline White saw from an early age how badly drivers treated their horses, and was inspired to do something about it into adulthood. After helping…

Tags: Animal Rights, Animals, Anti-Vivisection, Caroline Earle White, Women

Institute for Colored Youth, 1869 - Fanny Jackson Coppin, First African-American Female Principle, Institute for Colored Youth, 1869

Portrait image of Fanny Jackson Coppin"Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, 1837 – January 21, 1913) was an African American educator...She served as the…

Tags: African-Americans, Education, Fancy Jackson Coppin, School Principal, Women

Kaitlin Whalen, 1881- Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross, Red Cross & Library of Congress, 1904 - Photograph, 1918 - Poster

Cultural differences should not separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of…

Tags: American Red Cross, Civil War, Clara Barton, Geneva Conventions, Red Cross, Women

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.…

Tags: Charity, Frances Wisebart Jacobs, Jewish., Mother of Charities, Philanthropy, Women

Library of Congress - National Photo Company Collection, 1921-1923 Rebecca Latimer Felton - First Woman to serve as a U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, Between 1909 and 1932

Rebecca Felton’s 1835-1930, was born in De Kalb County, Georgia. She is the first Woman to join the U.S. Senate, (67th 1921-23). Her brief and…

Tags: Georgia, Progressivism, Rebecca Felton, US Senator, Women, Women's Suffrage

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…

Tags: African-American, Black History, Librarian, Vivian Gordon Harsh, Women

PA Times, 1976- Nesta Gallas, First Female President of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), PA Times, 2012

Widely published and a mentor for many women and men, Nesta M. Gallas was active in professional organizations throughout her career. She was elected…

Tags: ASPA, LA, Nesta Gallas, NYC, Public Administration, United Nations, Women

Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1980 - Patricia Roberts Harris, First African American Woman to Serve in the United States Cabinet, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Unknown

Patricia Roberts showed a drive for excellence from a young age. Raised by her mother in Illinois, she received five scholarship offers to college and…

Tags: African-Americans, Ambassador, Cabinet, HHS, Luxembourg, Patricia Roberts Harria, Women

Office of Public Affairs: EPA, 1994- Christine Todd Whitman, First Woman Governor of New Jersey, EPA, 2001

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Tags: Christine Todd Whitman, Environment, EPA, Governor, New Jersey, NJ, Women

Hampton University, Alice Mabel Bacon, Educator, Duke University, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Alice Mabel Bacon, an American writer, educator, and foreign advisor to the Japanese government. When Alice Bacon’s…

Tags: Alice Mabel Bacon, Dixie Hospital, Japan, Japanese, Schools, Tokyo, Women

Zur Erinnerung an Anna Ottendorder, Anna Behr Uhl Ottendorfer, German Philanthropist, Zur Erinnerung an Anna Ottendorder, 1884

Anna Ottendorfer helped flourish the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, a newspaper for German-language citizens of the United States. It achieved mass…

Tags: Germany, Ottendorfer, Philanthropy, Women

SCOTUS, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina Supreme Court Justice, SCOTUS, 2009

Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, serving since August 2009. She is the Court's…

Tags: Hispanic, Justice, Obama, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, United States, Women

WV Broadcasting, Colonel Ruby Bradley - US Army Nurse, WV Broadcasting, 1941

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Tags: Colonel Ruby Bradley, Korean War, Military Service, Nursing, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Women, World War II

Library of Congress, Congresswoman Cecil Murray Harden, Advocate of Women Post Office Workers, Library of Congress, 1949-1959

Cecil Harden had served as a congresswoman before Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield appointed her as Special Assistant for Women's Affairs.…

Tags: Cecil Murray Harden, Congresswoman, Postal Service, Women

UN Photographs Collection, Dominique De Menil, Artwork Collector, University of Houston, Between 1948-2000

Dominique de Menil and her husband collected many pieces of artwork throughout their lives, and managed to put this collection to use in helping…

Tags: Artwork, Civil Rights, Dominique de Menil, Human Rights, MLK, Philanthropy, Women

Library of Congress, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Activist, Library of Congress, None

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802 – 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state…

Tags: Activist, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Mental Health, Nursing, Women

Frederick Waddy, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France, Frederick Waddy, 1873

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA, MD (1836 – 1917), was an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon…

Tags: Britain, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Feminist, Physician, Surgeon, Women

Milbank Memorial Fund, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Public Health Activist, Milbank Memorial Fund, Before 1921

While Elizabeth Anderson was living in New York, she noted the deplorable conditions around the state and sought to improve them with her and her…

Tags: Education, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, Mental Health, PTSD, Public Schools, Women

Gulf News, Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, UAE, 2016

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.…

Tags: Arab World, Education, International, UAE, Women, Women's Rights

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.…

Tags: Government, International, Leadership, Women

Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service, US Library of Congress, November 11, 1993

This is the first memorial to be placed in the nation's capital in honor of the military service of women. It is on the grounds of the Vietnam…

Tags: Military Service, Public Architecture, Washington D.C., Women

Ray Cameron, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, 1912, 1920

The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…

Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women

Wikimedia Commons, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, Unknown

The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…

Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women

Library of Congress, Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Library of Congress, 1910

Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. Henry Wadsworth…

Tags: Crimean War, Florence Nightingale, London, Nursing, Women

National Museum of American History, For Your Country's Sake Today – For Your Own Sake Tomorrow, National Museum of American History., 1944

This poster, created by Steele Savage in 1944, appealed to the patriotism of women aged 20 to 35 to prompt them to enlist in the Women's Army Corps,…

Tags: Campaign, Patriotism, Posters, War, Women, World War II

Library of Congress, Frances Willard, Women's Suffragist, Library of Congress, Unknown

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 –  1898) was an American…

Tags: Consumer Protection, Education, Frances Willard, Unions, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage

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…

Tags: Education, Helen Gould Miller Shepard, Military Service, Philanthropy, War, Women

US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American to serve in US Congress (House of Reps.), US Congress, 2017

From Biography: Born in Cuba in 1952 and later immigrating to the United States at age eight, Ros-Lehtinen grew up with an anti-Castro activist father…

Tags: Cuba, Florida, Hispanic-American, House of Representatives, LGBT, Women

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inspecting a Candy Factory, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1911

John Earnshaw, an early food and drug inspector working in and around Baltimore, inspects a clean and sanitary candy factory around 1911/12. Candy in…

Tags: Candy, FDA, Inspection, Science, Women, Workers

Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…

Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women

US Embassy Sweden, Jennifer M.Granholm, Governor of Michigan 2003 - 2011, US Embassy Sweden, October 2010

Jennifer Granholm is the former governor and attorney general of Michigan. She served as Michigan’s 47th governor from 2003 to 2011 and as Michigan’s…

Tags: Attorney General, Clearn Energy, Governor, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan, Women

US House of Representatives, Judy Chu, US House of Representatives, Jan-14

From Wikipedia: Judy Chu is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district, serving in Congress since…

Tags: California, Chinese-American, Education, House of Representatives, Women

National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine / Ferree, Juke Joint Sniper, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1942

In this 1942 poster by Ferree, a striking blonde woman lights up a cigarette in front of a bar. The woman has blond hair and wears a short-sleeved…

Tags: Disease, Feree, STD Prevention & Control, STDs, Women, World War II

Library of Congress, Katherine McCormick, Woman Activist, Library of Congress, 22 April 1913

When her husband passed away, Katherine McCormick became the heir to a vast fortune, and knew right away she wanted to use it to help women. After…

Tags: Contraceptives, Katherine McCormick, Philanthropy, Planned Parenthood, Women

US House Office of Photography, Kyrsten Sinema, First Openly Bisexual Person elected to US Senate, US Congress, August of 2018

From Wikipedia: Kyrsten Sinema is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona since 2019. A member of the…

Tags: Arizona, House of Representatives, LGBT, US Senator, Women

Harris & Ewing, Lillian Wald, First President of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, Library of Congress, Between 1905 and 1940

Lillian D. Wald ( 1867 – 1940) was a nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, activist for peace, women's,…

Tags: Health Insurance, Lillian Wald, NOPHN, Nursing, Women

The Straus Historical Society, Lina Gutherz Straus (1854-1930), The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1900s

Lina Gutherz Straus (1854-1930) was the wife of Nathan Straus and his true partner, who championed his life's work, supported him through his bouts of…

Tags: Jerusalem, Lina Straus, Milk, Milk Pasteur, Palestine, Straus Family, Women, Zionism

Records of the National Woman's Party, Margaret B. Laird - Elected to New Jersey Assembly- 1920, Library of Congress, Circa 1916-1920

Mrs. Margaret B. Laird was for four years treasurer N.J. Branch National Woman's Party. The origins of the National Woman's Party (NWP) date from…

Tags: Margaret B. Laird, New Jersey, Women, Women's Suffrage

Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 2 April 2010

When Margaret Sage inherited a fortune from her husband’s passing, her wealth went up along with many new buildings. She used her newfound fortune to…

Tags: Education, Margaret Sage, Philanthropy, Women

Unknown, Mary Eliza Mahoney, First African American Nurse 1845-1926, HCR Home Care, Late 1800s

Mary Mahoney was the first African-American woman to study and work as professionally trained nurse. Born in Massachusetts, she was a hospital worker…

Tags: African-Americans, Mary Mahoney, Nursing, Women, Women's Rights

Library of Congress, Mary Emma Woolley, First Female Student to Attend Brown University, Library of Congress, c. 1903

Mary Emma Woolley in her graduating gap and gown, as first female student to attend Brown University and would later become the 11th President of…

Tags: Domestic Work System, Education, Mary Emma Woolley, Mount Holyoke, Women

SALT, Masuda Sultan, Advocate and Entrepreneur, SALT, Unknown

From Wikipedia: Masuda Sultan is an Afghan American entrepreneur and international human rights advocate. She is the author of My War at Home, a…

Tags: Advocacy, Afghan-American, Afghan-American. Afghanistan. Women. War. Civilians. Women’s Rights., Civilians, Entrepreneur, War, Women, Women's Rights

J.E. Purdy, Millicent (Wilson) Hearts, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 1906

Millicent Hearst (1882 - 1974) is best known for founding the Free Milk Fund for Babies in 1921. For decades, it helped provide milk to the poor…

Tags: Disability., Millicent Hearst, Philanthropy, Poverty, War, Women

The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent, The Library of Congress, 1910

I believe in it ..[equal suffrage for women]. I have not been an active suffragist because I have kept so busily to my own line, but I realize that,…

Tags: Chicago, Ella Flagg Young, Female Superintended, Illinois, National Education Association, Women, Women's Suffrage

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…

Tags: Hospitals, Housing, Kate Waller Barrett, League of Women, Philanthropy, Women

Unknown, Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention, Library of Congress, 1905-1915

Nannie Burroughs leading the Woman’s National Baptist Convention with other members of the convention. Nannie Burroughs was an African-American…

Tags: African-Americans, Nannie Burroughs, Training School for Women and Girls, Wages, Women, Women's National Baptist Convention

WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight, Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor, NJ Spotlight, May-19

From her website: Sadaf Jaffer is a scholar, activist, and elected official. Dr. Jaffer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University…

Tags: Islam, Mayor, New Jersey, Pakistani-American, South Asia, Women

Dreams Soar, Shaesta Waiz, First Female Certified Civilian Pilot from Afghanistan, Dreams Soar, 2017

From Wikipedia: Shaesta Waiz, an Afghan-American pilot, is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly…

Tags: Afghan-American, Afghanistan, Ambassador, Aviation, Nonprofit, Women

Chris McAndrew, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Athlete and Charity Patron, UK Parliament, Mar-18

From Wikipedia: Tanni Grey-Thompson is a Welsh politician, television presenter and former wheelchair racer. Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida…

Tags: Athletes, Charity, Disabled, Parliament, UK, United Kingdom, Women