Addams Jane
1860-1935Jane Addams was a social reformer and a founder of the American settlement house movement. Founder of Hull House in…
Alcott Louisa May
1832-1888Louisa May Alcott was a nineteenth-century novelist best known for her work, “Little Women,” published in 1868. She also supported…
Alden Priscilla Mullins
1602-1680Priscilla Alden was a Pilgrim colonist and wife of John Alden. Their marriage, one of the first in the Massachusetts's…
Alston Theodosia Burr
1783-1813Theodosia Burr Alston was the daughter of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina Governor Joseph Alston.…
Andersen Marge
1932-2013Marjorie Ann 'Marge' Anderson was the first woman to lead the Native American tribe Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. She…
Anderson Marian
1897-1993Marian Anderson was a famous contralto singer. She helped set the stage for the civil rights movement with her 1939…