While never popular in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson has become one of the most widely known, most revered poets in history.
Eadweard Muybridge's photography of moving animals captured movement in a way that had never been done before. His work was used by both scientists and artists.
Mary Harris Jones (aka "Mother Jones") was a union activist. She founded the Social Democratic Party, and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World.
Activist and lawyer Belva Lockwood was the first woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Camille Pissarro was a French landscape artist best known for his influence on Impressionist and Postimpressionist painting.