Mary Herbert Roebling
Mary Herbert Roebling (1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as head of a major commercial bank when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1936.
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Lily Okamoto
A Hawai’i-born, politically active Sansei who was the first woman in the Islands to be both a certified public accountant and licensed attorney.
Marguerite Belafonte
NAACP fundraiser
Hazel Bishop
American chemist and entrepreneur, most famous for inventing the first long-lasting, non-smearing lipstick.
Hetty Green
America’s wealthiest woman during the Gilded Age. Known as the “Queen of Wall Street,” she lent money at reasonable rates during financial crises and amassed a substantial fortune in a male-dominated financial world.
Priscilla Wakefield
English writer. She published numerous works, chiefly educational, including Mental Improvement, Leisure Hours, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex, with Hints for its Improvement and several volumes of descriptive geography.
Nora Herlihy
Founder of the Irish credit union movement
Ethel Emma McMillan
Ethel McMillan was a tireless promoter of her adopted city of Dunedin and helped to pave the way for the increasing numbers of women who were to enter local and national politics from the 1970s.
Dr Janet Yellen
Dr. Janet Yellen, confirmed in January 2021 as the first female Treasury Secretary of the United States, is no stranger to breaking glass ceilings. An economist with a lifelong commitment to making the American economy one that allows all workers to succeed, she was also the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve and the first person in history to be in charge of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
Maggie Lena Walker
At the turn of the century, Maggie Lena Walker was one of the foremost female business leaders in the United States. She gained national prominence when she became the first woman to own a bank in the United States. Walker’s entrepreneurial skills transformed black business practices while also inspiring other women to enter the field.