Celina Cossa Founder and leader of the General Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, an organization of 10, 000 peasants,

1. Celina Cossa Founder and leader of the General Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, an organization of 10, 000 peasants, 95% of whom are women Gertrude S. Aboagye Specialist in cattle production and animal breeding Born in Accre, Ghana in 1947 Studied agriculture at the University of Ghana and in Canada Roger Arliner Young The first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in zoology

2. Ruth Ella Moore Bacteriologist Received a Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University in 1926 and a Master of Arts in 1927 First black female to receive a Ph.D. in Bacteriology Dr. Moore served as the Head of the Department of Bacteriology at Howard University Medical College • Rachel Carson • Master’s degree in zoology from • Johns Hopkins University in 1932 • Joined the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife in 1936, where she worked as an aquatic biologist until 1952 • Most noted for her writings in the area of ecological studies in which she expressed her philosophy that humans and nature are interdependent

3. Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori A pioneer in biochemistry Received international recognition for discovering, along with her husband, how glucose is converted into glycogen Her studies on enzymes and hormones further advanced research in the treatment of diabetes First American women and the third worldwide to receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences Clara Barton At age 40 the Civil War launched her on her life’s work Assembled and distributed supplies to the Union soldiers. Knowing that nurses were urgently needed at the battlefield, she “broke the shackles and went into the field” Founder of the American Red Cross and served for many years as its president

4. Wilma Mankiller First woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Responsible for 139,000 people and a $69 million budget Susette La Flesche An Omaha Indian who campaigned tirelessly for Native American rights First Native American lecturer and the first published Native American artist and writer Chien-Shiung Wu A pioneering physicist First woman to receive the prestigious Research Corporation Award and the Comstock Prize from the National Academy of Sciences Ellen Ochoa NASA astronaut – July 199l, selected by NASA in January 1990, became an astronaut in July 1991 Veteran of three space flights Logged over 719 hours in space

5. Maria Tallchief Most technically accomplished ballerina ever produced in America Served as artistic director of the Lyric Opera Ballet in Chicago and later founded the Chicago City Ballet in the 1970s Given the honor name of Wa-Xthe-Thomba in 1953, meaning “Woman of Two Worlds.” This name celebrates her international achievements as prima ballerina and Native American Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin African-American leader from New England who was a suffragist, fought slavery, and recruited African-American soldiers to fight for the North in the Civil War Organized the Women’s Era Club in 1984, among the very first African-American women’s organization

6. Fanny Wright First woman to speak publicly against slavery and for the equality of women In 1825 created Nashoba, a settlement in Tennessee to train slaves for freedom Her tombstone in Cincinnati reads, “I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my fortune, my reputation and my life.” Shirley Ann Jackson Noted physicist and head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) One of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the United States and the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in any field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Organized MIT’s Black Student Union and worked to increase the number of blacks entering MIT

7. Ellen Swallow Richards First women professional chemist in the nation and played a major role to open scientific professions to women Pioneered the new study and profession of home economics, a major opportunity at the time for higher education and employment for American women Her innovative studies of air, water and food led to the creation of national public health standards and the new disciplines of sanitary engineering and nutrition Dolores Huerta One of the 20th century’s most powerful and respected labor movement leaders Co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez Led the fight to permit thousands of migrant/immigrant children to receive services

8. Sylvia Earle Oceanographer, conservationist, and entrepreneur Internationally recognized as one of our nation’s leading marine biologists and one of the world’s leading advocates for safeguarding seas Led over 50 expeditions worldwide, involving in excess of 6, 000 hours underwater in connection with her research Led the first team of women aquanauts (Tektite II Project) on a 2-week exploration of the ocean floor