This section began as a celebration of March and Women’s History Month; it continues as a regular feature because there are so many unrecognized women who have made major contributions to history.
Pioneer
Nancy Kelsey was 17 years old and the mother of an infant daughter when she became the first woman to travel to California on a wagon train in a group that included her husband, their baby, and about 30 men.
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Deep Sea Diver and Dinosaur Hunter
Curiosity and serendipity helped Sue Hendrickson carve out an ideal life as an explorer.
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First Black woman to earn an international pilot’s license Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) had limited career options as a woman and as an African American. When Bessie Coleman’s older brothers came
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African American Performer who had to go to Europe to be Appreciated She was born Freda Josephine McDonald in 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother was a washerwoman and
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Suffragist and founder of the League of Women Voters
Carrie Chapman Catt dedicated her life to campaigning for woman suffrage both in the United States and abroad.
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Investigative Reporter When Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, is remembered, it is usually in the context of her round-the-world trip documenting her travels for Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.
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