Natawista Iksina
Natawista, or Medicine Snake Woman, played a crucial role as a cultural and political intermediary in the mid-1800s.
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Louise Thaden
1930s American pilot
Willa Brown
Brown earned her pilot license in 1938, her commercial license in 1939 and earned her Master Mechanic Certificate in 1935.
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
Eula Pearl Carter Scott
Scott received her pilot’s license at age 13 in the 1920s
Anna Louise Strong
Prolific writer and journalist who brought socialist politics to the mountains when she co-founded Cooperative Campers of the Pacific Northwest in 1916.
Honor Crowley
Irish politician
Henrietta de Grey
Countess de Grey , political hostess and philanthropist
Wetxuwiis
Wetxuwiis played a significant diplomatic role that led to the opening of trade with white settlers and provided the Corps of Discovery with critical information to help them reach the Columbia River and the Pacific coast.
Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Clara Lemlich Shavelson is known primarily for her part in the 1909 garment workers strike in New York City, often referred to as the Uprising of 20,000.