Jane Lead
Christian mystic whose spiritual visions, recorded in a series of publications, were central to the founding and philosophy of the Philadelphian Society in London in the 1600s
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Kimiko Kaye Tambara
Journalist and activist who documented the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during WWII
Carrie Williams Qisiliaq Uhl
Carrie was an important part of daily life in Sisualik, passing on on traditions to all who had an interest in learning, including teaching skin sewing, seal processing, and cooking.
Betty Reid Soskin
Civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman.
Charlotte Forten Grimke
Prominent abolitionist and women’s rights advocate. During the Civil War, Forten taught newly freed African-Americans on the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Her writings and poetry showed her commitment to battling racial and gender inequality.
Dawn Langley Simmons
One of the first individuals to receive gender-affirming surgery in the United States, Simmons was also well-known in Charleston society for her marriage to John Paul Simmons. Theirs was reportedly the first documented interracial marriage in South Carolina.
Eliza Scidmore
Eliza Scidmore traveled through Alaska’s Inside Passage in 1883. Her articles and travel logs shared the grandeur and adventure of Alaska with western tourists, ushering in a new era of travel and tourism to the Alaska territory.
Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates was a professor and writer best remembered as the author of the lyrics to the song “America the Beautiful.” She shared a home for almost three decades with her companion, fellow academic and social reformer Katharine Coman.
Ann Axtell Morris
American archaeologist Ann Axtell knew she wanted to study ancient cultures from the time she was six years old.
Lorena Hickok
Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt’s devoted friend, mentor, and pioneering journalist, wrote Reluctant First Lady, a biography of Eleanor, and six children’s biographies.