12 Women Who Shaped America: 1619 to 1920

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Phillis Wheatley Peters, Founding Poet
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Feb 25, 2022
Before the age of eight, Phillis Wheatley Peters was kidnapped, forced to endure the Middle Passage, and sold into slavery. By the age of 21, she was a published poet, lauded by the .. show full overview
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Martha Washington, First Lady of the Republic
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Feb 25, 2022
Was Martha Washington more than simply the first American First Lady? Was she more than an icon for 19th century opponents of women’s rights? Consider what we know today about her .. show full overview
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Sacagawea, Shoshone Diplomat and Guide
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Feb 25, 2022
Who was the real Sacagawea? Was she the mythologized “Indian Princess,” guide, and helpmate to white explorers that you learned about in school? Was she something more than the stories? .. show full overview
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Sojourner Truth, Crusader for Human Rights
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Feb 25, 2022
American society in the early 1800s told women that they were not supposed to work on the lecture circuit or become political activists. Sojourner Truth did both. Learn how this .. show full overview
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Catharine Beecher, Author and Educator
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Feb 25, 2022
Catharine Beecher believed in traditional gender roles, but that did not diminish the value of women’s contributions to American life. In seeking to educate a new generation of women to .. show full overview
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Victoria Woodhull, 1872 Presidential Candidate
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Feb 25, 2022
Come face to face with the complex and outspoken Victoria Woodhull: stockbroker, editor, politician, consummate feminist, and the first female candidate to run for the US presidency. .. show full overview
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Susan B. Anthony, Women's Right Champion
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Feb 25, 2022
Mocked by cartoons depicting her and other suffragists as masculine and a threat to established gender norms, Susan B. Anthony fought back. Examine the photographs she used to control .. show full overview
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Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad Leader
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Feb 25, 2022
The truth about Harriet Tubman is sometimes as extraordinary as the familiar myths about her. As a child, Tubman suffered a traumatic brain injury, but she did not let that stop her from .. show full overview
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Isabella Stewart Gardner, Art Museum Pioneer
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Feb 25, 2022
Born into an age when women across New England were blazing trails in both politics and art, Isabella Stewart Gardner dreamed of opening her own museum. Reveal how heartbreak over a .. show full overview
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Frances Benjamin Johnston, Photographer
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Feb 25, 2022
Explore the extraordinary life of one of America’s first female professional photographers. From her earliest days in portraiture for the elite of Washington, DC, to her later years as a .. show full overview
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Alice Paul, National Woman's Party Leader
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Feb 25, 2022
Dive into the life and work of the unusual Alice Paul, who was considered a radical by other American suffragist leaders. Well-educated for a woman in any era, Paul was exceptional in .. show full overview
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Mary Church Terrell: Suffrage to Civil Rights
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Feb 25, 2022
As the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, Mary Church Terrell understood the critical importance of public image. Find out more about her long life, from her .. show full overview

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