Women’s History Month Impor tant Women in Histor y fr om A to Z Corazon Aquino Nellie Bly

(1933-2009) First woman (1864-1922) Reporter who circled president of the Philippines the globe in 72 days, beating the Around the World in 80 Days record

A B Shirley Chisholm Emily Dickinson

(1924-2005) New York (1830-1886) American Poet congresswoman, educator, and author C D Amelia Earhart Anne Frank

(1897-1937) First woman to (1929-1945) Author of fly solo across the Atlantic Anne Frank’s Diary Ocean E F LeymahGbowee Zora Neal Hurston

(born 1972) Led a women’s peace (1891-1960) Folklorist, movement that helped bring an end Anthropologist, and Author to the Second Liberian Civil War

G H Jovita Idár Mae Jemison

(1885-1946) Reporter who founded (born 1956) First African The League of Mexican Women American woman to travel which provided free schooling and other necessities to impoverished to Space children

I J Helen Keller Juliette Gordon Low

(1880-1968) Author, and (1860-1927) Founder of Girl advocate for individuals with Scouts USA physical disabilities K L Rigoberta Menchú Florence Nightingale

(born 1959) Winner of the (1820-1910) British social Nobel Peace Prize; an advocate reformer and founder of for human rights modern nursing

M N Nina Otero-Warren Val Plumwood

(1881-1965) Suffragist, educator, (1939-2008) Australian and politician; improved eco-feminist intellectual and education for Native Americans activist

O P Roxanne Quimby Ma Rainey

(born 1950) Founder of Bur t’s (1886-1939) Earliest known Bees, Visionary, and black woman blues singer; Philanthropist known as the “Mother of Blues”

Q R Tye Leung Schulze Sojourner Truth

(1888-1972) Interpreter for (1797-1883) Famous detained Chinese immigrants; Abolitionist and Women’s first Chinese-American woman Suffragist to vote

S T Yoshiko Uchida Wilma Vaught

(1921-1992) Author, created the (born 1930) First female general genre of Japanese-American in the Air Force, member of the literature for children at age ten International Women’s Forum

U V AliceWalker

(born 1944) American Author and Activist, wrote the novel, The Color Purple

W Alice Yu Mildred Zaharias

(born1905) First Chinese- (1914-1965) Olympic gold American teacher in California; medalist; achieved success in aided students with golf, basketball, and track speech disabilities Y Z