WOMEN IN HISTORY
nary (1852-1903) - A lone woman in the wilds of the Rocky Mountain west „ Rachel Carson (1907-1964) - Ma-
rine biologist, science writer, and environ- mentalist.
„ Rebecca Carter (1766-1827) - Pio- neer woman of Cleveland. „ Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893) African-American born pioneer journalist and lecturer. „ Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
- Suffragette, founder of the League of Women Voters. „ Cassie L. Chadwick (1857-1907) -
Most infamous Cleveland financial con- artist.
„ Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) - First African-American woman to get pilot’s license.
„ Dorothy Dandridge (1923-1965) -
Actress, singer and dancer. Star of Car- men Jones and Porgy and Bess. „ Isadora Duncan (1875-1929) - Mother of modern dance. „ Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) - Avia-
trix.
„ Mary Fields (1832?-1914) - Afri- can-American entrepreneur, stagecoach driver, pioneer.
Dorothy Dandridge „ Diana Fletcher (circa 1830’s) -
Daughter of a former slave father and Ki- owa mother, activist, taught in black Cherokee school. „ Dorothy Fuldheim (1893-1989) - Jewish-American news journalist and television broadcaster; developed format for television news programming. „ Lucretia Rudolph Garfield (1832-
1918) - Wife of James Garfield, 20th Pres- ident of the United States was First Lady for six months when her husband was as- sassinated. “Crete” returned home to Lawnfield in Mentor where her life con- tinued in a non-traditional way. „ Zelma Watson George (1903-1994)
- African-American delegate to the U.N., opera singer, speaker and educator. „ Emma Goldman (1869-1940) - Vili-
fied in her day as the “most dangerous woman in America,” this Russian emi- grant earned her title, “Queen of the Anar- chists” as labor leader, lecturer, writer, women’s rights activist and free love ad- vocate.
„ Julia Boggs Dent Grant (1826- Isadora Duncan
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1902) - Wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, was a de- termined woman who despite family ob- jections married the man she loved. Out- spoken, she also created her own plans for ending the Civil War and holding a secret
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Presidential Inauguration. „ Charlotte Forten Grimke (1837-
1890) - African-American writer, aboli- tionist and educator. „ Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) - African-American sharecropper turned civil rights worker and founder of the MS Freedom Democratic Party. „ Florence Harding (1860-1924) -
Wife of Warren Harding, 29th President of the United States, the first presidential wife able to vote for her husband. Scandal plagued this First Lady throughout her life.
„ Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (1832-1892) - Wife of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, was the first president-general of the newly formed DAR. An accomplished watercol- orist, she designed and painted the Harri- son state china and organized the White House china collection. „ Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (1831-
1889) - Wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, was the first presidential wife to have a college de- gree. She originated the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn.
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