Honored: 2001 (1927 - 2003)
In 1957 Althea Gibson became the first African American tennis player to win at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Her influence as a role model for aspiring athletes has been profound.
Honored: 1994 (1860 - 1935)
Philosopher, writer, educator and activist who demanded equal treatment for women as the best means to advance society's progress. Her landmark Women and Economics (1898) argued that until women gained economic independence, real autonomy and equity could not be achieved.
Honored: 1993 (1919 - 1981)
First woman elected a state governor in her own right. Grasso was elected Governor of Connecticut in 1974, serving until illness forced her retirement in 1980. She was also a Congresswoman and advocate for women, minorities and the elderly.
Honored: 2002 (1917 - 2001)
As publisher and then Board Chair and CEO of the Washington Post, Graham became one of the most influential women in the country. Her courageous decisions to publish the Pentagon Papers and to proceed with the Watergate investigation earned her a reputation as a daring and thorough journalist, willing to take risks in order to give the American people full access to important information.
Honored: 1995 (1878 - 1972)
Industrial engineer and expert in motion studies, Gilbreth was a pioneer in the relationship between engineering and human relations. She convinced managers that worker-efficiency is the result of the quality of the work environment.
Honored: 1993 (1912 - 2003)
Congresswoman from Michigan 1955-1975, best known for successfully adding sex discrimination as a prohibited act in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Griffiths also successfully led the Equal Rights Amendment passage in the House of Representatives.
Honored: 1995 (1826 - 1898)
Best known as the co-author (with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony) of The History of Women's Suffrage. She served in the National Women's Suffrage Association and helped form suffrage groups in order to gain the right to vote for women.
Honored: 2002 (1933 - )
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent her career working to eliminate gender-based stereotyping and discrimination. Justice Ginsburg is the second woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court in its 212 year history.
Honored: 1998 (1792 - 1873)
Sisters who wrote numerous published papers which championed abolition and women's rights. The Grimke sisters were southerners who became the first female speakers for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Sarah's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes exposed the plight of factory women in New England, as well as arguing on behalf of women's rights and abolition. Through their examples and their words, the Grimkes proved that women could affect the course of political events and have a far-reaching influence on society.
