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This Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Became the First Black Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard
by Andrea Leitch November 16, 2020
Who: Dr. Olivia Hooker, first Black woman in the U.S. Coast Guard, civil rights activist, and one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre; February 12, 1915–November 21, 2018
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This Leading Suffragist Inspired the Nickname of the 19th Amendment
by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020
Who: Susan B. Anthony, leader in the women’s rights and suffrage movements in the United States and abolitionist; February 15, 1820–March 13, 1906
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This Investigative Journalist and Suffragist Won a Pulitzer Prize for Her Courageous Reporting
by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020

Who: Ida B. Wells, investigative journalist, civil rights crusader, and women’s rights activist; July 16, 1862–March 25, 1931
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This Outspoken Suffragist Was the First Woman to Run for Congress
by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020
Who: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leader in the women’s rights and suffrage movements in the United States, activist, and author; November 12, 1815–October 26, 1902
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This Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Became the First Black Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard