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Dr. Walker is the first and only female Medal of Honor winner. Her Medal of Honor was rescinded in 1917 because of her involvement with the women’s suffrage movement. It was restored by President Carter on June 10, 1977.
ALICE PAUL 1885-1977
Drafted the Equal Rights Amendment for women in 1923, and was instrumental in adding the affirmation of gender equality to the United Nations charter.
Chien-Shiung Wu 1912-1997
Nuclear scientist whose pioneering work altered modern physical theory and changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. Received the National Science Medal (1975) and the internationally respected Wolf Prize.
Bella Abzug (1920-1998)
Women’s rights advocate and labor lawyer, Abzug was elected to Congress (1971- 1976). Co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus and founder of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization.
Sarah Breedlove “Madam C. J. Walker” 1867-1919
A Black Entrepreneur considered the first Black woman to become a millionaire.
Carrie Chapman Catt 1859-1947
President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association who organized state and federal work for women’s voting rights and unified the mainline suffrage movement. After 14 months of brilliant direction, women achieved the right to vote. Founded the League of Women Voters.
Tsuyako “Sox” Kitashima 1919
A leader in the successful movement to win reparations for Japanese Americans who were forced into internment camps during WW II. In 1989 Congress passed the Entitlement Bill, providing $20,000 to each surviving internee.
Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910
The first American woman awarded the M.D. degree. Working with quite determination, she turned aside the hostility of the professors, students, and townspeople. She earned her medical degree in 1849
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)
She began a daring editorial campaign against lynching in her Memphis Free Speech newspaper (1892). After her office was sacked, she moved to NY City. There she continued her fearless crusade as a journalist and traveling lecturer, organizing anti-lynching societies.
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