Mary Wollstonecraft is widely regarded as the "mother of feminism" for her groundbreaking work, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", published in 1792.

The Seneca Falls Convention, held on July 19 and 20, 1848, is considered the birthplace of the women's rights movement in the United States.

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872.

The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.

Sojourner Truth was a prominent African American abolitionist and women's rights activist who spoke out against slavery and for the rights of women.

Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851.

Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.

Bertha von Suttner was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for her work in promoting peace and disarmament.

Rose Schneiderman delivered her famous "Bread and Roses" speech at a rally of striking garment workers in New York City in 1912.

Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman to serve as a governor in the United States, elected as the Governor of Wyoming in 1924.

Rosa Parks was a prominent African American civil rights activist who is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary in the United States, appointed as the Secretary of Labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

Millicent Fawcett was a prominent British women's suffrage activist and leader of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.

Selma Lagerlöf was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909 for her novel "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils".