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Sissieretta Jones was a Trailblazing Black Opera Singer

Sissieretta Jones was the first Black woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall.
She was a Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of the NAACP

Mary Church Terrell was a suffragist, civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP.
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Lois Weber was an early film pioneer and one of the first directors to own a film studio.
This Astronomer Discovered Over 300 Stars During Her Career

Williamina Fleming went from doing domestic work to becoming a trailblazing astronomer.
Gladys Bentley: Gender-Bending Performer and Musician

Gladys Bentley was a musical sensation and gender identity pioneer.
She was the first Chinese American woman to vote in the U.S.

Tye Leung Schulze was the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election.
Annie Smith Peck: Record-Breaking Mountaineer

She was a record-breaking mountaineer, educator and suffragist.
She was a leader of the American labor movement

Rose Schneiderman was a pioneering labor organizer and suffragist.
The First American Indian Doctor

Susan La Flesche Picotte became the first American Indian woman doctor.
The First American-Born Chinese Woman Doctor

Margaret Chung became the first American-born Chinese woman doctor in 1916.

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