How Did Women’s History Month Start?

Harriet Tubman 1820-1913

A m e r i c a n a b o l i t i o n i st
Youyou Tu 1930- Present
C h e m i st , Wo r ke d to C u r e M a l a r i a
Mae C. Jemison 1956- Present
En g i n e e r & A st r o n a u t
Sojourner Truth 1797- 1883
Wo m e n ' s R i g ht s A c t i v i st
Gwendolyn Brooks 1917- 2000
Po et & Pu l i t ze r Pr i ze Aw a r d e e
Susan B. Anthony 1820- 1906
Wo m e n ' s R i g ht s A c t i v i st
May-Britt Moser 1963- Present
N e u r o s c i e nt i st N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r, I n n o v a te d
H i p p o c a m p a l Re s e a r c h
Malala Yousafzai 1997- Present
Wo m e n ' s R i g ht s A c t i v i st & Yo u n g e st N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Alice Munro 1931- Present
C o nte m p o r a r y S h o r t S to r y Wr i te r & N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 1938- Present
Fo r m e r Pr e s i d e nt o f L i b e r i a , F i r st E l e c te d Fe m a l e H e a d o f
S ta te I n A f r i c a
Leymah Gbowee 1972- Present
L i b e r i a n Pe a c e A c t i v i st & , L e a d e r o f t h e Wo m e n o f L i b e r i a
M a s s A c t i o n fo r Pe a c e
Tawakkol Karman 1979- Present
J o u r n a l i st , C o fo u n d e r o f " Wo m e n J o u r n a l i st s W i t h o u t
Chains"
Elinor Ostrom 1933- 2012
Eco n o m i st
Herta Mülle 1953- Present
N o v e l i st & N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Carol W. Greider 1961- Present
M o l e c u l a r B i o l o g i st & N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Ada E. Yonath 1939- Present
N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r, P i o n e e r I n Re s e a r c h O f T h e R i b o s o m e
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi 1947- Present
V i r o l o g i st , D i s co v e r e r O f T h e H u m a n I m m u n o d e f i c i e n c y
Virus (HIV)
Amelia Earhart 1937- 1939
Av i a to r, F i r st Wo m a n To F l y S o l o A c r o s s T h e At l a nt i c
Ocean
Linda B. Buck 1947- Present
B i o l o g i st , P i o n e e r i n O l fa c to r y ( S e n s e o f S m e l l ) Re s e a r c h
N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Shirin Ebadi 1947- Present
H u m a n R i g ht s A c t i v i st & Fo u n d e r O f D e fe n d e r s O f H u m a n
R i g ht s C e nte r I n I r a n
Wangari Muta Maathai 1940- 2011
Re n o w n e d Ke ny a n Env i r o n m e nta l Po l i t i c a l A c t i v i st & N o b e l
Pr i ze w i n n e r
Jody Williams 1950- Present
H u m a n R i g ht s A c t i v i st & A d v o c a te A g a i n st L a n d m i n e s
N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Wislawa Szymborska 1923- 2012
Po e t & N o b e l Pr i ze w i n n e r
Rigoberta Menchú Tum 1959- Present
I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n ’s R i g ht s A c t i v i st