Sheroes of Equality |
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To truly understand where you're going, you need to understand from whence you came. Below are some incredible "Sheroes" who fought battles for equality in their time. Many of them never lived to see the fulfillment of their lives work, but all of the privileges we have today, we owe to them. We are standing on their shoulders with the work that we do. It's our time now.
Bella Abzug ... 1920-1998
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Abigail Adams ... 1744-1818
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Jane Adams ... 1860-1935
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Susan B. Anthony ... 1820-1906
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Shirley Chisholm ... 1924-2005
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Frederick Douglass ... 1818-1895
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Betty Friedan ... 1921-2006
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... 1933-
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The Grimke Sisters of Charleston ... 1792-1879
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Fannie Lou Hammer ... 1917-1977
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Lucretia Coffin Mott ... 1793-1880
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Sandra Day O'Connor ... 1930-
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Mary Church Terrell ... 1864-1954
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Sojourner Truth ... 1797-1883
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Harriet Tubman ... 1820-1913
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett ... 1862-1931
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