Anna Dickie Olesen
The first female nominee of a major party for the US Senate, Anna Dickie Olesen was a celebrated orator and passionate social reformer who became one of the most prominent Democratic women of the early twentieth century.
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Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve was the child of a military family and a crusader for the rights of disadvantaged people in Minnesota and beyond. Born during her parents’ journey to help build the future Fort Snelling, she lived to see a fledgling community grow into an urban center.
Clara Ueland
Clara Ueland was a lifelong women’s rights activist and prominent Minnesotan suffragist.
Fannie Barrier Williams
Civil rights activist who helped found the National League of Colored Women in 1893
Adeline Davis
Canadian temperance reformer and author
Maria Grant
Canadian social reformer, suffragist, school trustee, secretary, probation officer, and Unity movement preacher
Ada Kepley
American attorney, temperance agitator and minister
Abby Morton Diaz
American industrial reformer
Ada Celeste Sweet
American reformer, pension agent and humanitarian
Janie Porter Barrett
From her home in Hampton, Barrett founded the Locust Street Settlement House, serving her local Black community with classes, childcare, entertainments, and lectures.