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There
are a few great books on this
very subject....like A
Book of Women's Firsts
and A Woman's Almanac
and a book by Louise Berkinow
(visit the Feminist.com
Bookstore for these books
and other ideas). But for starters
here are a few:
Sojourner
Truth, abolitionist/suffragist
Susan B. Anthony, suffragist
Victoria Woodhull, first
woman to run for president and
to have a female run brokerage
house. Both happened in the
last 1880s.
Septima Clark, civil
rights activist. Did lots of
civil rights organizing out
of her beauty parlor.
Sakajawea, who lead Lewis
and Clark
Zora Neale Hurston, a
leader through her books.
Mary McLeod Bethune,
a famous teacher and childrens
rights activist.
Amelia Earhart, pilot
Babe Didrickson, famous
athlete.
Rosa Parks, civil rights
activist
Shirley Chisolm, the
first black woman elected to
Congress.
C. Madame Walker, she
was a famous black woman, who
owned a major cosmetic company.
Patsy Mink, Congresswoman
from Hawaii.
Jeannette Rankin, in
1916 she was the first woman
elected to the US Congress.
Delores Huerta,
organizer of the Farm Workers
Wilma Mankiller, former
chief of the Cherokee Nation
You
might also want to contact the
National
Women's History Project.
Good luck.
—Amy
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