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Elizabeth Blackwell
(b. 1821, Bristol, England; d. 1910, Sussex, England)In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. The English-born physician opened the field for other women while founding important medical... Read more
Margaret Sanger
(b. 1879, Corning, New York; d. 1966, Tucson, Arizona)Margaret Sanger was an activist who pioneered the fight for American reproductive freedom in the early 20th century.
She was born Margaret Louise Higgins, in Corning, New York... Read more
Anna van Schurman
(b. 1607, Cologne, Germany; d. 1678, Wieuwerd, Netherlands)Anna Maria van Schurman is readily considered the most highly educated woman of the 17th century. She questioned the role that women should play in Dutch society, and her determination... Read more
Mary Wollstonecraft
(b. 1759, London, England; d. 1797, London, England)Mary Wollstonecraft was a renowned women's rights activist who authored A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792, a classic of rationalist feminism that is considered the earliest and most... Read more
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