A list of all the women who have been honored for
National Women’s History Week and National Women’s History Month follows
(in alphabetical order): Go to http://www.nwhp.org/whm/ to read about each honoree

Bella Abzug (1920-1998 )
Congresswoman

Martha Graham (1894-1991)
Dancer, Choreographer

Nina Otero-Warren (1881- 1965)
Politician, ,Businesswoman

Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
Women Rights Advocate

Angelina Grimké (1805-1879)
Abolitionist

Essie Parrish (1903-1979)
Kashaya Pomo Doctor

Rebecca Adamson (1950-)
Native American Advocate

Sarah Grimké (1792-1873)
Abolitionist

Alice Paul (1885–1977)
Suffragist

Jane Addams (1860–1935)
Social Worker

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
Civil Rights Activist

Frances Perkins (1880–1965)
Government Leader

Marian Anderson (1902-1993)
Singer

Alice Hamilton (1869-1970)
Physician, Social Reformer

Esther Peterson (1906-1996)
Labor advocate

Mary Anderson (1872–1964)
Labor Activist

Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
Abolitionist, Author

Mary Pickford (1893-1979)
Actress

Ethel Percy Andrus (1884–1967)
AARP Founder

La Donna Harris (1931-)
Indian Rights Activist

Leontyne Price (1927-)
Singer

Maya Angelou (1928-)
Author, Poet

Dorothy Height (1912-)
Humanitarian

"Ma" Rainey (1886-1939)
Blues Singer

Susan B. Anthony (1820- 1906)
Women’s Rights Activist

Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
Playwright, Screenwriter

Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Congresswoman

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)
Physician

Anita Hill (1956-)
Lawyer

Florence Reece (1900-1986)
Labor Song Writer

Judith F. Baca (1946-)
Artist, Muralist

Dolores Huerta (1930-)
Civil Rights Activist

Sally Ride (1951-)
Astronaut

Ella Baker (1903–1986)
Civil Rights Activist

Jovita Idár (1885–1946)
Journalist

Robin Roberts (1960-)
Broadcast Journalist

Clara Barton (1821- 1912)
American Red Cross Founder

Shirley Jackson (1946-)
Physicist

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
Humanitarian

Catherine Beecher (1800-1852)
Author, Educator

Mae Jemison (1956)
Astronaut

Harilyn Rousso (1946)
Disabled Rights Activist