Influential Women "History is no longer just a chronicle of kings and statesmen, of people who wielded power, but of ordinary women and men engaged in manifold tasks. Women's history is an assertion that women have a history.“ manifold Aparna Basu - Professor of History at the University of Delhi, India.

Susan B. Anthony ( ) She was a suffragette activist, who fought for women to have the right to vote. She was arrested for trying to vote in She was the first real woman to have her image placed on circulating currency (dollar -coin). By Sarah James Eddy (1901)

Helen Keller ( ) First deaf-mute to earn a college degree from Radcliffe College. She fought for women to have the right to vote. She traveled to 39 countries to promote disability rights.

Amelia Earhart ( ) She was first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia was the first female, and one of only a few to date, to receive the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. She disappeared as she tried to fly around the world in The government spent 4 million dollars looking for her. By Chuck Hamrick

Elizabeth Blackwell ( ) In 1889, she became the first female doctor in the United States. She organized the National Health Society. She pushed for women to attend college and become doctors. Painted by Joseph Stanley Kozlowski

Eleanor Roosevelt ( ) She was the first lady of the United States and was the eyes and ears for Pres. Franklin Roosevelt. The UN delegates elected Roosevelt chairman of the UN's Human Rights Commission. She helped author the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which fought for human rights around the world. Douglas Chandor, 1949 Source: Encyclopedia. COM

Harriet Tubman ( ) Harriet was a free woman in Harriet was a free woman in She was known as “Moses” in the underground railroad. Harriet, who was a spy, scout and a nurse in the Civil War, was the first woman in the United States to plan and to lead a gun raid. William H. Johnson, 1945

Mary Harris Jones ( ) “Mother Jones” She was a labor activist who fought for safe working conditions. She fought for miners’ rights. She fought for miners’ rights. She was a founder of the Social Democratic Party in 1898 and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905.

Sojourner Truth ( ) She was former slave and abolitionist who fought to end slavery. Her speeches reminded the public how horrible and how unjust slavery was. Her famous speech was "Ain't I a Woman?"

Dolores Huerta (1930) She is a labor activist who helped organize the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. She fought for legislation to allow individuals to vote and to take the driver’s test in Spanish. Image by: Barbara Carrasco

Indira Gandhi ( ) She was Prime Minister of India. In 1967, she was one of the “first women to lead a democracy.” She strived to improve and to modernize India. Painted by S. Roerich,1987