Florida J Wolfe
Prominent African-American socialite, cattle rancher, and philanthropist in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Gretta Cousins
Irish suffragist, educator, and theosophist
Ann O’Donnell
New Zealand farmer, grocer, hotel proprietor
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.
Eleanor Abbott
Eleanor Abbott created the game Candy Land while she was recovering from polio
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Hawaiian noblewoman and renowned philanthropist, celebrated for her significant contributions to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Claribel Cone
Claribel Cone significantly contributed to two distinct fields: biology and the patronage of modern French art.
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Trailblazing U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and visionary. Her groundbreaking contributions paved the way for the development of the first birth control pill.
Annie Turnbo Malone
Businesswoman, inventor, and philanthropist who was one of the first African American women to become a millionaire.
Mary Cunningham
Irish philanthropist and war worker