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## unsung women


* ![Talcott Corner, Oberlin College, circa 1905.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte65e1502ceab885c/6988ce58cf40a8eb32c47cbb/oberlin-college-1905.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![President-Elect Lincoln Arrives In Washington](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e6818c41f884d6c/6988bcd0f887dcfd6ce994af/lincoln.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Anti-Slavery Cause](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd475eab3e7085b64/6988b6c2524fc04ccadfad3b/liberator.jpeg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt299ec28a6adc7748/6988b4cd86f68e4cc96e317f/jane-grey-swisshelm.jpg?branch=production&width=480&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Wanderwell II](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61290359c0d65e2a/6988b2a3a988cafd936ba6e2/wanderwell.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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  
* ![Wild West Stage Coach Robbery](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f0742d744a7d5d0/6988aef8524fc03188dfa48b/robbery.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Hazel Scott](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30928f03da1bb01f/6988a790f887dc49e1e97904/scott.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![A Record Store In The 1950's](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6475c35c68842907/6988a575bc6cfc45023de858/record-store.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
## [The Songwriter Who Broke Barriers in the 1950s](https://time.com/4486053/rose-marie-mccoy/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Erin Blakemore
* ![Virginia Apgar](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf77ea3ff14adc4b/6988a31bf887dc5f91e97233/apgar.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2016  
## [The Doctor Who Saved Countless Newborn Babies](https://time.com/4460720/virginia-apgar/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Erin Blakemore
* ![Margot Gayle](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt146f244bfa924337/6988a1c32dce01a8c39ea3f0/gayle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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  
* ![The Harlem Opera House](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36f34e4170d75c19/6988a034a988caf7ae6b8de9/harlem.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Suffragette March](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c9f5ed6462f902/69889a78f887dc696ce967dd/inez.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Anna Ella Carroll](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfa48c58cc6b2619/698899663c1639878b45dca5/carroll.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Wu Wheeler Murray Holliday](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc591190060b7d31/698897992dce015bd29e9720/wu.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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
* ![Jefferson Davis House, Richmond, VA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49123803357dd0db/69889554e20a873e37a91076/davis1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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

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