1968-
Clara Barton was an educator, nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.
1821-1912
1817-1901
Army nurse Florence Blanchfield is best known for her struggle to attain full military rank, and for equal rights in the military.
1884-1971
Cicely Saunders was a nurse, social worker who founded the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice, in 1967 to provide palliative care to those in need.
1918-2005
Jane A. Delano was a nurse, administrator and leader who was a pioneer in her field, overseeing the mobilization of U.S. nurses overseas during World War I.
1862-1919
Janet Jagan co-founded the People's Progressive Party. She was the first woman to become prime minister of Guyana and was also Guyana’s first female president.
1920-2009
Mary Mahoney became the first black woman to complete nurse's training in 1879.
1845-1926
Bonnie Nettles is known as one of 'The Two' who started the so-called UFO cult often referred to as Heaven's Gate with Marshall Applewhite.
1927-1985
Florence Nightingale, a nurse, spent her night rounds giving personal care to the wounded, establishing her image as the 'Lady with the Lamp.'
1820-1910
1958-
Mary Seacole was a Jamaican nurse who cared for British soldiers at the battlefront during the Crimean War.
1805-1881
Betty Shabazz is best known as the wife of African-American nationalist leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated in New York City in 1965.
1934-1997
1867-1940
Mary Walker was a physician and women's rights activist who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.
1832-1919
Faye Wattleton, former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood—as well as the first African-American, first female and youngest president in the organization's history—has been one of the strongest champions of women's rights and reproductive health for more than four decades.
1943-