Nancy Cook
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.
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Van Chu-Lin
Chinese New Zealand storekeeper in the early 1900s
Louise Thaden
1930s American pilot
Olga Custodio
The first Latina U.S. military pilot
Nannie Helen Burroughs
African-American educator, speaker, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman
Jacqueline Cochran
The first woman to break the sound barrier and who, at the time of her death, held more speed, altitude and distance records than any other pilot, male or female
Juana Briones
1800s Mexican-American pioneer, businesswoman, healer, and landowner
Billie Barry
Irish performer and stage school founder
Petra Romero
1800s owner and operator of a dance hall in Death Valley called Waterfall Dance House or “Madam Moore’s.”
Betty Reid Soskin
Civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman.