The month of March is dedicated to celebrating women visionaries and trailblazers who have fought for equality and played a vital role in our history. Women’s History Month isn’t just a celebration of famous women, but it is also a celebration of the women in our lives.
Notable contributions by women in America’s history
*Sacagawea: a Native American woman who helped make Lewis and Clark’s expedition to map parts of the West in the early 19th century a success *Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: two Americans who fought for women’s equality in the mid-19th century, more than 70 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920 *Harriet Tubman: a brave and determined woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom during the Civil War *Amelia Earhart: one of the first women pilots – and the first woman aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Shs disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
*Madeleine Albright: a diplomat and political scientist who became the first female Secretary of State in 1996 *Misty Copeland: the first Black woman to be named a principal dancer in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre in 2015 *Clara Barton: the founder of the American Red Cross *Elizabeth Blackwell: the first woman physician in the United States
Women on Postage Stamps
Each of the following women have made significant contributions to society. They have been pictured on U.S. postage stamps.
1. Queen Isabella of Spain – 1893 – Her patronage to Christopher Columbus made his trips to the New World possible 2. Martha Washington – 1902 – First Lady of the United States 3. Pocahontas – 1907 – The Powhatan princess who saved the life of Captain John Smith 4. Virginia Dare 1937 – First European child born on American soil in 1587 5. Juliette Gordon Low – 1948 – Founded the Girl Scouts of America 6. Betsy Ross – 1952 – America’s most famous flagmaker 7. Belva Ann Lockwood – 1986 – First woman candidate for president 8. Ida Wells – 1990 Civil rights activist who co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 9. Patsy Cline – 1993 – Popular American Country Singer 10. Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Ethel Merman – 1994 – Famous American singers This is only a partial list of women who have been honored with a postage stamp. What woman alive today do you think deserves to be honored with a stamp?
