Alice Dunbar Nelson
Harlem Renaissance poet, critic, journalist, and activist
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Maria Louise Baldwin
Educator and activist Maria Louise Baldwin belonged to a generation of Bostonian Black women highly connected to circles of educated Black and White activists.
Lucy Burns
American suffragist
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was one of the most outspoken and articulate abolitionists of the 19th century.
Elizabeth Lee Hazen
Nystatin, one of the first effective antifungal medicines, was discovered in 1950 by two women scientists: Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975) and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980)
Dr Alice Hamilton
Alice Hamilton promoted “industrial medicine” and laws to protect employees from dangerous substances in the workplace.
Stormé DeLarverie
Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” During an era that often showed hostility towards LGBTQ people, and queer women in particular, DeLarverie provided safety and acceptance.
Maxine Singer
Pioneering molecular biologist, influential science administrator, and leader in science policy and advocacy.
Dr Virginia Apgar
Her simple, rapid method for assessing newborn viability, the “Apgar score,” has long been standard practice.
Mary Lasker
Medical philanthropist, political strategist, and health activist Mary Lasker acted as the catalyst for the rapid growth of the biomedical research enterprise in the United States after World War II.