Sheyann Webb (1956- )
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter”
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Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob) Invented Bra
Freed American women from corsets by designing and patenting a bra (1913) Mary Phelps Jacob (1892-1970) wanted something more comfortable than a corset to wear under one of her ball
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Libby Riddles (1956- )
American dogsledder and first woman to win the Iditarod, 1985
The Iditarod is a grueling 1152-mile trans-Alaska dogsled race in which male mushers dominated until 1985 when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the annual race.
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Annie Oakley (1860-1926)
Sharpshooter who presented an early image of a powerful woman While Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey) is a familiar name to all Americans, she is included here to recognize
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Nancy Lieberman (1958- )
Achieved many basketball firsts.
Nancy Lieberman was the first high school student, male or female, to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team.
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Edith Houghton: First Woman Baseball Scout
Edith Houghton played baseball as a youngster and grew up to be the first woman hired to be a scout for a major league baseball team. Edith Houghton was 10
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