“Outstanding Women of Missouri” - Presented by the Missouri Women’s Council.

“Outstanding Women of Missouri”
Angelou, Maya – Author Armistead, Elma – First Assistant and Associate Superintendent of Schools Bain, Katherine – Pediatrician Baxter, Annie White – First woman in Missouri elected to public office, Benedict, Ruth – Anthropologist Blair, Emily Newell – Writer, suffragist Blanchard, Katie – Advocate for mental health Blow, Susan Elizabeth – Started First Public Kindergarten Brewer, Lake – Early Female Physician Brown, Amelia – Pioneer, teacher, editor, Burge, Ellen Stark – Founded Cox Medical Center Caldwell, Sarah – Opera producer Calloway, DeVerne Lee – First African American elected to Missouri House Carnahan, Jean – First Missouri woman to serve on US Senate Carter, Paula J. – Health care advocate, politician Chopin, Kate – Author Cooper, Millie – Pioneer Cottey, Virginia Alice – Educator, founded Cottey College Cousins, Phoebe – Lawyer, suffragist Covington, Ann – Former Missouri Supreme Court Justice Dunaway, Jane – Early Female Physician Farrington, Hattie – Photographer Gardner, Grace – Educator Giffin, Jerena – First UP wire service reporter Giles, Gwen – First African American elected to Missouri Senate	Ginn, Rosemary L. – Ambassador to Luxembourg Godwin, Linda – Astronaut Hanaway, Catherine L. – First female Speaker of Missouri House Henry, Mildred – Pioneer homemaker Kauffman, Ruth – Physician Kavandi, Janet L. – Astronaut Keeley, Mary Paxton – First woman graduate from University of Missouri School of Journalism Kemp, Rose – Philanthropist, female advocate Kemper, Lorna – Founded Missouri Girls Town King, Virgie – Educator Knell, Emma – First republican woman to serve in Missouri House Lona, Mary – Hispanic publisher Martin, Elizabeth – pioneer innkeeper Martiny, Alise – First woman president of Labor Union McGill, Caroline – Early Female Physician McLorn, Olive Gilbreath – Author, adventurer Minor, Virginia – Suffragist Moore, Agnes – First Chief Clerk of Missouri House of Representatives Oliver, Marie Watkins – Designed Missouri State Flag Ousley, Mayme – First female Mayor in Missouri Powers, Marian Wright – Operatic soprano Reed, Nell Donnelly – Entrepreneur Rexroad, Zoe – Educator, author Rickly, Jesse – Artist Robinson, Jessie – Educator	Rohweder, Helen – Osteopathic physician, artist Rollins, Hazelle Hedges – Marionette factory owner Ross, Nellie Tayloe – Firstfemale governor in US Saueressig, Suzanne – First female Missouri veterinarian Scholz Mountjoy, Grace – Early Female Physician Searcy, Anna B. – Early Female Physician Seevers, Ruth – Early Female Physician Shrader, Dorothy Heckmann – Author Sisters Celeste Pommerel and Saint John Fournier – Founded first school for deaf in St. Louis Smith, Mellcene – One of first women elected to Missouri House Stubblefield, Reva – Artist Sutterfield, Sarah – Homemaker, pioneer Truman, Bess - Wife of the 33rd President of the United States Turner, Sarah Lucille – One of first women elected to Missouri House Ward, Mary Sam Smith – One of eight original WAAC’s Watkins, Mariah – Midwife Weldon, Betty – Publisher, saddlebred horse farm owner Wilder, Laura Ingalls – Author Williams, Cathay – Only female buffalo soldier Woods, Harriett – First female Lt. Governor Missouri Yates, Josephine Silone - First woman named full professor at Lincoln Institute

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