Paula Anderson

Paula “Polly” Liebau emigrated to the U.S. from Germany as a young woman, following the allure of gold to Alaska. Along with her prospecting partner and husband, John Anderson, Paula crossed the Alaska Range by dog team, arriving to mine in the Kantishna District in 1918.

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Ruth Sandvik

In addition to running the Trading Post in Kotzebue, Alaska, Ruth was influential in local politics and an avid historian, naturalist, and adventurer. She earned a degree in Biology and was one of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ first Inupiaq graduates. Ruth and her family were a critical support for the Archaelogical work conducted in Kobuk Valley National Park by Louis Giddings and Doug Anderson. She had a passion for history and the heritage of the Iñupiat.

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Sinrock Mary

Sinrock Mary is known for her legacy as a headstrong businesswoman and interpreter for expeditions along the northern Alaska coast and Russia.

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Nancy Cook

Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.

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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

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