Louise Thaden
1930s American pilot
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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.
Elizabeth Harden Gilmore
Civil rights leader who pioneered efforts to integrate her state’s schools, housing, and public accommodations and to pass civil rights legislation enforcing such integration.
Cecilia Cruz Bamba
Chamorro woman orphaned at the age of nine during the Japanese attacks on Guam in 1941. Motivated by the grandmother who raised her, Bamba became a senator, businesswoman, and community leader.