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.
Sacagawea, a Native American woman from a Hidatsa Village in North Dakota, accompanied Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery in their exploration of the West. The journey was the first […]
Sacagawea: Only Woman to Accompany the Lewis and Clark Expedition Read More »
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker overcame resistance from the military and served as a battlefield surgeon during the Civil War. She was acknowledged for her work when she was awarded the
First Female Surgeon in Civil War: Physician Mary Walker Read More »
McKibbin served as the primary contact for people arriving to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico After the war, she remained in Santa Fe and became
Guardian of the Manhattan Project: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin Read More »
Worked to bridge gap between native healers and medical doctors in an effort to eradicate tuberculosis among the Navajos Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 Second woman elected to
Annie Dodge Wauneka (1907-1997): Improved Health Standards for the Navajo People Read More »
• Performed with many circuses as a tiger trainer and had the center ring with Ringling Brothers in the early 1920s • Worked with the big cats for 57 years
First Woman Tiger Trainer/Tamer: Mabel Stark (1888-1968) Read More »
Elizabeth Masser and Peter Thorn emigrated to the United States from Germany and were married in Gettysburg in September of 1855. That year that the cornerstone for the local cemetery
Elizabeth Thorn: Six Months Pregnant, Burying the Dead at Gettysburg Read More »
