Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American poet in the U.S.
Deborah Sampson joined the army to fight against the British in the American Revolution. In 1983, she was recognized officially as state heroine.
Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer who worked in the abolition, woman suffrage, and temperance movements. The Susan B. Anthony silver dollar was minted in 1979 in her honor.
Frances Perkins became the first female secretary of labor when Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her in 1933.
Lydia Child was the founder of the first periodical for children and author of an 1800s antislavery book that attracted many to the abolitionist cause.
Dorothea Dix organized the first Army Nursing Corps in 1861.
