Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi 1718-1799 From: Italy Fields: Education, Mathematics, Philanthropy, Philosophy Key Words/Phrases: mathematician, polyglot, first woman professor at a university Dicksie Bradley Bandy 1890-1971 From: United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance, Philanthropy Martha McChesney Berry 1866-1942 From: United States: Alabama, Georgia Fields: Education, Philanthropy, Religion Nellie Peters Black 1851-1919 From: United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philanthropy Lydia Moss Bradley 1816-1908 From: United States: Ohio Fields: Business and Finance, Philanthropy General Eva Burrows 1929- From: Australia, Zimbabwe Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philanthropy Barbara Bush 1925- From: United States: New York, Texas Fields: Philanthropy, Other Key Words/Phrases: First Lady, literacy program Josephine Butler 1828-1906 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Philanthropy Frances Power Cobbe 1822-1904 From: Ireland, United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philanthropy Kate Gleason 1865-1933 From: United States: New York Fields: Business and Finance, Engineering, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: mechanical engineer, bank president, philanthropist Marion James From: United States: Tennessee Fields: Music, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: R&B singer, Nashville's "Queen of the Blues" Sherry Lansing 1944- From: United States: California, Illinois Fields: Management and Labor Relations, Philanthropy, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: actress, former CEO of Paramount Pictures Bridget Mason 1818-1891 From: United States: California, Mississippi Fields: Business and Finance, Health and Medicine, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: former slave, nurse/midwife, real estate owner, philanthropist Anna Ottendorfer 1815-1884 From: Germany, United States: New York Fields: Journalism and Broadcasting, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: journalist, philanthropist, owner of New Yorker Staats-Zeitung Marvin Breckinridge Patterson 1905-2002 From: United States: New York, Washington DC Fields: Journalism and Broadcasting, Philanthropy, Photography, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: photojournalist, filmmaker, philanthropist Bonnie Raitt 1949- From: United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: blues singer, songwriter, activist, philanthropist Anita Roddick 1942-2007 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance, Human Rights, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: Founder of the Body Shop, activist, philanthropist Jane Russell 1921-2011 From: United States: California, Minnesota Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: actress, activist June Scobee From: United States Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Philanthropy St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774-1821 From: United States: Maryland, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Philanthropy, Religion Jane Seymour (actress) 1951- From: United Kingdom, United States: California Fields: Philanthropy, Stage and Screen Catherine Filene Shouse 1896-1994 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Education, Philanthropy, Sociology/Social Work Key Words/Phrases: philanthropist, Beverly Sills 1929-2007 From: United States: New York Fields: Music, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: soprano, opera Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 1942- From: India, United States: New York Fields: Education, Literature and Poetry, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: writer, literary critic, professor, philanthropist Jane Lathrop Stanford 1828-1905 From: United States: California, New York Fields: Management and Labor Relations, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: co-founded a college, administrator, philanthropist Barbra Streisand 1942- From: United States: California, New York Fields: Music, Philanthropy, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: singer, songwriter, filmmaker, actress Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana) c.1500-06-1558 From: Poland, Turkey Fields: Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: slave, concubine, philanthropist Deborah Szekely From: United States: California, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: volunteer Sally B. Thornton From: United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Philanthropy Elsie V. Weston From: United States: California Fields: Philanthropy Hilary M. Weston 1942- From: Canada, Ireland Fields: Activism and Social Service, Beauty and Fashion, Government and Politics, Philanthropy Oprah Winfrey 1954- From: United States: Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wisconsin Fields: Business and Finance, Journalism and Broadcasting, Philanthropy, Stage and Screen Alice Zukor From: United States: California Fields: Philanthropy |
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