Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Redefined the role of First Lady. Used her newspaper column, radio and speeches to champion civil and women's rights, often in opposition to her husband FDR's policies. As a UN delegate and "First Lady of the World," she drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more.
Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005)
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."
Saluted by Congress as the "first lady of civil rights," she challenged racial segregation by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her arrest, and the ensuing Montgomery bus boycott, became symbols in the struggle for racial equality and civil rights in the United States. Read more.
Harriet Tubman (C.1822 - 1913)
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Born a slave, she fled North to freedom, later making 19 trips back to the South as an Underground Railroad conductor, leading some 300 slaves to freedom. A nurse during the Civil War, she served the Union army as a scout and spy. She was active in the women's suffrage movement after the war. Read more.
Wilma Mankiller (1945 - 2010)
"Prior to my election, Cherokee girls would have never thought that they might grow up and become chief."
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and first elected female Chief of a Native nation in modern times. Her 10-year administration, from 1985-1995, revitalized the Nation through extensive community development, self-help, education and healthcare programs for the Cherokee Nation's 300,000 citizens. Read more.
www.womenon20s.org notes, "it doesn't take a messy act of Congress to change a portrait on paper money. It requires an order from the Secretary of the Treasury. With the stroke of a pen, the President can direct the Treasury Secretary to make the change. President Obama already has publicly expressed an interest in featuring more women on our money. With at least 100,000 votes, we can get the President's ear. That's how many names it takes to petition the White House for executive action. We're way beyond that already. Can we reach a million?"
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