101 Women in History Everyone Should Know
When I began preparing this series, I made a list of some of the fascinating women I’ve read about. I will be covering some of them more in-depth throughout this month, but I wanted to share the list as a starting point for a unit study in women’s history. Some names will be familiar, though many may not. All of these women made important contributions one way or another in history. You can use this list in combination with the free printable biography report and let your kids do some research about these women in history!
101 Women in History Everyone Should Know
{In no particular order}
- Lucretia Mott
- Queen Esther
- Emma Gillett
- Eileen Collins
- Helen Barrett Montgomery
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Shirley Chisholm
- Annie Armstrong
- Nettie Stevens
- Madeleine Albright
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Maria Mitchell
- Louisa May Alcott
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Hannah Moore
- Helen Keller
- Elisabeth Elliot
- Clara Barton
- Florence Nightingale
- Marie Curie
- L.M. Montgomery
- Gladys Aylward
- Sally Ride
- Amelia Earhart
- Sacagawea
- Pocahontas
- Harriet Tubman
- Phillis Wheatley
- Sojourner Truth
- Rosa Parks
- Susan B. Anthony
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Jane Austen
- Lottie Moon
- Charlotte Mason
- Maria Montessori
- Mary Slessor
- Amy Carmichael
- Pearl S. Buck
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Dorothea Dix
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Corrie Ten Boom
- Joni Eareckson Tada
- Virginia Apgar
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Sybil Ludington
- Abigail Adams
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Mary Lyon
- Sandra Day O’Connor
- Emma Hart Willard
- Anne Sullivan
- Alice Evans
- Mary Jacobi
- Beatrice A. Hicks
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- Barbara McClintock
- Mary Edwards Walker
- Anne Frank
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Mother Theresa
- Amelia Bloomer
- Golda Meir
- Joan of Arc
- Jane Addams
- Emily Dickinson
- Janet Reno
- Rachel Carson
- Beatrix Potter
- Charlotte Bronte
- Emily Bronte
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Annie Oakley
- Indira Gandhi
- Margaret Thatcher
- Ida Wells
- Flannery O’Connor
- Ruth Bell Graham
- Elizabeth Prentiss
- Margaret Fuller
- Betsy Ross
- Molly Pitcher
- Marian Anderson
- Maya Angelou
- Nelly Bly
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- Lydia Maria Child
- Jackie Cochran
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Gertrude Belle Elion
- Matilda Joslyn Gage
- The Grimke sisters, Angelina and Sarah
- Grace Hopper
- Mary Eliza Church Terrell
- Frances Perkins
- Mercy Otis Warren
- Ida B. Wells
You can find more information about these women online or check out some books at your local library. You can also follow along with my series here as I share more about these great women and their accomplishments.
How many of these women did you already know about?
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