ABC's+of+Women+Leaders

=Women Leaders A to Z=

A is for... Susan B. Anthony

B is for... Ruth Benedict
 * Susan .B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was brought up in a Quaker Family with long activist tradtion’s. After teaching for 15 years she started trying to make alcohol illegal. Susan .B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906 because of complications from a stroke. Susan .B. Anthony is remembered as a women’s rights leader but she also campaigned in slavery.Susan.B. Anthony was the first REAL LADY to be on a piece of currency. **

C is for... Marie Curie MARIE was a scientist. Marie had a husband named Pierre. She won the Nobel Peace Prize. D is for... Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinsonwas born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830. She was the finest woman poet in Amercia the 19thcentury. She wrote ashort stanza for a simple ryhme. She had a quiet lifeshe wroteaboutlove,nature and death. She wrote about1,700poems. She did not become famous until after she died in 1886.Four years later her first volume of poetry was published.

E is for... Amelia Earheart

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 or July 21, 1897.Amelia instintly loved airplanes the first time she saw one in 1908.She wanted to go around the world in an airplane with a man named Fred.Amelia and Fred went missing in a plane crash on their way to Houland Island in 1937. By Keri

F is for... Anne Frank

G is for... Lillian M. Gilbreth

She was a EngineeringPioneer .Who analyzedhowtasksweredone. She was hopingtoincrease theefficiencyoftheworkers. Shewas trained asa Psychologist.Herhusband was named Frank Gilbreth. She later taught atseveraluniversities. And she also wrote books on applying ergonomics in the home. She and Frank raised 12 children. The family was the subject of the book

H is for... Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton was the first woman professor to attend Harvard Medical School. She founded Occupational Medicine. She was also the first woman to get a Lasic Award for Health. She was born in 1869 in NY. She was called a leader expert in Occupational Health. By Maddie. I is for... Queen Isabella of Spain

J is for... Mae C. Jemison Born: October 17, 1956 Decatur Alabama. Graduated From: Morgan Park High. She was a Astronout that helped to make science easier. By Megan

K is for... Helen Keller Helen Keller was a blind, deaf girl who learned how to read, write, and talk. By Ayanna

L is for... Anne Morrow Lindbergh- Anne Morrow Lindbergh was born in New Jersey. She and her husband were the first to fly from Africa to South America. She became the first woman’s glider pilot in the United States. Anne is known for her books. She died in Vermont at age 94 By:Ali W.

M is for... Margaret Mead

N is for... Antoine Coello Novello Antoine Coello Novello was named director of the National Instuite of Health.Novello used this role to bring national attention to important health issues such as alcohol abuse, smoking, violence and AIDS. By Adrianna

O is for... Annie Oakley Annie Oakly was named Phoebe Ann Moses. Her sisters called her Annie. She was born in a log cabin on August 13, 1860 in Darke County Ohio. She had no education.Annie was a rodeo star. She was a master with every kind of gun that she used. Dubbed “Little Sure Shot” by Chief Sitting Bull. She was 5ft tall. She won many sharp shooting awards. She captivated audiances far and wide with all of the awards that she had gotten.In Annies life, Annie overcame poverty, mis treatment and physical injury with determination and strenth of character. She was a role model in beaking barriers for wemon with her talents and accomplishments. She died on November 3, 1926. She was 66 years old. She died in Greenville, Ohio. By Ali A.  P is for... Rosa Parks  Rosa park was born in 1913.She died in 2005 and she made history in 1955. Rosa Parks, an activist with the Montgomery, Alabama, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (NAACP), made history in 1955 when she refused. to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger. She was arrested, and the Montgomery black community launched a bus boycott that would be one of the pivotal events in the civil-rights movement. By Gabrielle

 Q is for... Harriet Quimby

 R is for... Betsy Ross

** Her real name was Elizab ** eth Griscom Ross. She was the first lady to make the first American Flag. S is for... Sacajawea Sacajawea was born about 1790 in what is now called, Idaho.When Sacajawea was only 12, she got kidnapped by her enemy tribe, the Hidatsa Indians. 5 years later she gave birth to her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, on Fubuary 11, 1805. By Hunter

T is for... Sojourner Truth

U is for... Sigrid Undset

V is for... Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was born as Alexandra Victoria at Kensington Palace, London on May 24, 1819. She had a gift to draw and paint. She was the daughter of Prince Edward. She became known as the Grandmother of Europe. She became Queen because her grandfather’s sons had no children and so when her father died would be Queen. She had 42 grandchildren. She was the longest reigning monarch. By: Bailey

W is for... Martha Washington Martha Washington was the first "First Lady" of the United States. She married George Washington. Two of their children died in infancy and two survived.

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Y is for... Kristi Yamaguchi Kristi was born in Hayward, California on July 12, 1971. Kristi is still alive today. She enjoys skating and infact she has won over 3 times in the Olympics for figure skating. Krisiti was born with a disease called clubfoot. She still skated and won many awards. By Summer

Z is for... Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias Mildred Didrikson Zaharias(Babe) She became known as the greatest woman athlete of the twentieth century. She was born 1913, the best girl athlete ever. Between 1913 and 1954 she won every major golf championship. She died in 1956