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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

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

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

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

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

YMCA, YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, Library of Congress, 1917

Established in 1858 as a voice for women's issues, The YWCA opened the first employment bureau for women several years later. That was only the…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Timelines, VAWA, Women, Women's Suffrage, YWCA

National Law Enforcement Museum, Women in Law Enforcement - Timeline: 1854-2011, National Law Enforcement Museum, Circa 1900

In 1854, the first known police matrons (also called jail matrons) were hired by New York City to search and guard female prisoners, but they were…

Tags: Jail Matrons, Law Enforcement, Police Matron, Women

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It!, National Museum of American History, 1942

"An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence.

In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the…

Tags: Propaganda, Rosie the Riveter, War, 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

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