Clara Barton was an educator, nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.
Army nurse Florence Blanchfield is best known for her struggle to attain full military rank, and for equal rights in the military.
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.
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.
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.
Mary Mahoney became the first black woman to complete nurse's training in 1879.
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.
Florence Nightingale, a nurse, spent her night rounds giving personal care to the wounded, establishing her image as the 'Lady with the Lamp.'
Mary Seacole was a Jamaican nurse who cared for British soldiers at the battlefront during the Crimean War.
Betty Shabazz is best known as the wife of African-American nationalist leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated in New York City in 1965.
Mary Walker was a physician and women's rights activist who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.
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.