She gets a merit badge for broadening the horizons of millions of girls (who get to have a lot of fun along the trail).
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Social worker, miracle worker: The settlement house system she brought to the U.S. offered sustenance, safety, and services to thousands of the nation's…
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Her gorgeous and keenly observed novels revealed to us much about what makes America tick. She examined women's roles, and exposed class conflict,…
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The nom de plume of reporter Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, who got herself committed to an insane asylum to expose horrendous conditions, zipped around…
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Born Sarah Breedlove, she created a line of beauty products for African-American women, eventually employing almost 3,000 women and becoming, it is…
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The first woman to win a Nobel Prize in two areas (she shared one with husband Pierre, who died in a tragic accident), Curie co-discovered two elements,…
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You've surely benefited from her research and crusading. The first woman professor at Harvard, she identified poisons in the workplace and…
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Founder of the National Council of Negro Women, she served as an adviser to FDR on his "black cabinet" and promoted the education of African-American…
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