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
Blake, Dorothy Gaynor Composer, Concert Vocalist and Pianist
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, HattiePhotographer
Freeman, Frankie Muse Civil Rights Activist and Attorney
Gardner, Grace Educator
Gaynor, Jessie Smith Pioneer of Music Education in the Public Schools, Composer and Concert Performer
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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 of 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
O'Neill, Rose Cecil Artist, Suffragist, Author, Poet, Sculptor, Activist
Ousley, Mayme First female Mayor in Missouri
Powers, Marian Wright Operatic soprano
Reed, Nell Donnelly Entrepreneur
Rexroad, Zoe Educator, author
Rickly, Jesse Artist
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Robinson, Jessie Educator
Rohweder, Helen Osteopathic physician, artist
Rollins, Hazelle Hedges Marionette factory owner
Ross, Nellie Tayloe First female 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 & 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
Touhill, Blanche M. Educator
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 WAACs
Watkins, Mariah Midwife
Weldon, Betty Publisher, saddlebred horse farm owner
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Author
Williams, Cathay Only female buffalo soldier
Wilson, Margaret Bush Civil Rights Activist and Attorney
Woods, Harriett First female Lt. Governor Missouri
Yates, Josephine Silone First woman named full professor at Lincoln Institute
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