--- title: unsung women | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/unsung-women/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/unsung-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # unsung women ## unsung women *  May 23, 2017 ## [How the Daughter of a Slave Became the First African-American Woman to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree](https://time.com/4788672/mary-jane-patterson-history/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Mar 3, 2017 ## [The Woman Who Helped Stop an Early Attempt on Abraham Lincoln's Life](https://time.com/4689230/first-female-detective/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Jan 24, 2017 ## [This Little-Known Abolitionist Dared to Speak in Public Against Slavery](https://time.com/4643126/maria-stewart-abolitionist/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Jan 12, 2017 ## [How the First American Woman to Be a Political Journalist Got Her Start](https://time.com/4627868/first-female-political-journalist/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Dec 15, 2016 ## [The Teenage Girl Who Circled the Globe in a Model T](https://time.com/4597965/aloha-wanderwell/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Nov 21, 2016 ## [The Surprising Story of America’s Most Famous Female Stagecoach Robber](https://time.com/4575757/pearl-hart-stagecoach-robber/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Sep 27, 2016 ## [This Piano Prodigy Was the First African-American Woman to Host Her Own TV Show](https://time.com/4507850/hazel-scott/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Joanna Scutts *  Sep 12, 2016 ## [The Songwriter Who Broke Barriers in the 1950s](https://time.com/4486053/rose-marie-mccoy/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Aug 29, 2016 ## [The Doctor Who Saved Countless Newborn Babies](https://time.com/4460720/virginia-apgar/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Aug 10, 2016 ## [The Woman Who Helped Save New York City's Historic Buildings](https://time.com/4445527/margot-gayle-new-york-city/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Joanna Scutts *  Jul 29, 2016 ## [The Woman Who Worked to Save 19th-Century Victims of Sex Trafficking](https://time.com/4429159/victoria-earle-matthews/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Joanna Scutts *  Jul 11, 2016 ## [The Society Girl Who Became a Martyr for Women's Suffrage](https://time.com/4391874/the-society-girl-who-became-a-martyr-for-womens-suffrage/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Joanna Scutts *  Jun 27, 2016 ## [This Woman May Have Helped Win the Union Win the Civil War](https://time.com/4382031/this-woman-may-have-helped-win-the-union-win-the-civil-war/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore *  Jun 14, 2016 ## [The Manhattan Project Physicist Who Fought for Equal Rights for Women](https://time.com/4366137/chien-shiung-wu-history/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Joanna Scutts *  May 31, 2016 ## [The Woman Who Spied on Confederates In Jefferson Davis’ Own Home](https://time.com/4350450/mary-richards-bowser/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Erin Blakemore ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/unsung-women/","name":"unsung women"}}]}] ```