Nathan Maud
1862-1946Maud Nathan was a labor activist who helped to found the New York Consumers' League and later the National Consumers'…
Nation Carrie A.
1846-1911Carry Nation was a member of the temperance movement. She became famous for entering bars and saloons and destroying the…
Nevelson Louise
1899-1988Louise Nevelson was an innovative artist that became one of the most important figures in 20th-century sculpture.
Nichols Clarina
1810-1885Clarina Nichols was a journalist who was a pioneer in the women’s rights movement and a fervent abolitionist. Moving to…
Nixon Pat’
1912-1993Catherine “Pat” Nixon was the wife of President Richard Nixon. As First Lady, she traveled extensively. Known as “Madame Ambassador,”…
Oakley Annie
1860-1926Annie Oakley was a sharpshooter who toured with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. A gifted marksman, she became internationally famous.…
Mead Margaret
1901-1978Margaret Mead was a cultural anthropologist who popularized the idea that a society’s culture can shape individual experience and development.…
O’Connor Flannery
1925-1964Flannery O’Connor was a writer who specialized in the short story form. Her writing stressed themes of southern life and…
Merrill Winifred Edgerton
1862-1951Winifred Edgerton Merrill was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics, specializing in mathematical astronomy. She went on…
O’Keefe Georgia
1887-1986Georgia O'Keeffe was a painter. One of the founders of American Modernism, she combined abstraction and symbolism into visually compelling…
Livermore Mary
1820-1905Mary Livermore was a journalist and activist. She helped form the American Woman Suffrage Association and the Women’s Christian Temperance…
Lockwood Belva
1830-1917Belva Lockwood was the first female attorney to gain the right to argue before the Supreme Court. She also founded…