Phillis Wheatley Peters, founding poet -- Martha Washington, first lady of the republic -- Sacagawea, Shoshone diplomat and guide -- Sojourner Truth, crusader for human rights -- Catharine Beecher, author and educator -- Victoria Woodhull, 1872 presidential candidate -- Susan B. Anthony, women's rights champion -- Harriet Tubman, underground railroad leader -- Isabella Stewart Gardner, art museum pioneer -- Frances Benjamin Johnston, photographer -- Alice Paul, National Women's Party leader -- Mary Church Terrell, suffrage to civil rights.
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