Sexton Anne
1928-1974 Anne Sexton was poet known for writing about intensely personal issues. She won the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other…
Roosevelt Eleanor
1884-1962
Ross Betsy
1752-1836 Betsy Ross was an upholsterer and seamstress. During the Revolutionary War, she became widowed and ran the family upholstery…
Ross Esther
1904-1988 Esther Ross was a Native American rights activist. She spent her life fighting for federal recognition of the Stillaguamish…
Schurz Margarethe Meyer
1833-1876 Margarethe Meyer Schurz was a German immigrant. Before leaving Germany, she and her sister had established a number of…
Seton St. Elizabeth Ann
1774-1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton was an educator who established America’s first Catholic girl's school and its first Catholic woman’s religious…
Pickersgill Mary
1776-1857Mary Pickersgill was a seamstress. She sewed the flag flown over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore during the…
Picotte Susan La Flesche
1865-1915Susan La Flesche Picotte is considered to be the first Native American woman physician in the U.S. She worked on…
Piestewa Lori
1979-2003Lori Piestewa was a U.S. soldier involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was the first female soldier to…
Pitcher Molly
1754-1832Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley is generally considered to be Molly Pitcher who fought with her husband at the Revolutionary War…
Plath Sylvia
1932-1963Sylvia Plath was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet known for her works “The Colossus and Other Poems” and “Ariel.” She helped…
Pocahontas Pocahontas
1595-1617Pocahontas was the daughter of Native American Chief Powhatan and was integral to relations between her people and the English…