What does more than 100 years of women’s activism make possible?

The women’s rights conventions of the 1840s and 1850s, the passage of the 19^th Amendment in 1920, and activists that never stopped championing women’s rights created a world in which women can rise to greater heights in every sphere.

Jo Ann Davidson (1927- present)

Politician from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, who was the first female Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Maya Lin (1959-present)

Architect from Athens, Ohio, who designed the Vietnam War Memorial.

Jerrie Mock (1925-2014)

Pilot from Bexley, Ohio, who was the first woman to fly solo around the world.

Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Author of 11 novels from Lorain, Ohio, who won the Nobel Prize for her novel Beloved.

Judith Resnik (1949-1986)

Astronaut and engineer from Akron, Ohio, who was the second American woman in space; she died on her second mission when Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on lift off.

Celeste Ng (1980- present)

Chinese American author who grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the setting of one of her best-selling novels.

Rose Lavelle (1995-present)

Soccer player from Cincinnati, Ohio, who is a member of 2019 World Cup winning U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.

Simone Biles (1997-present)

Gymnast from Columbus, Ohio, who has the most Olympic and World Championship medals of any American woman.

Sara Abou Rashed (1999-present)

Award-winning poet, performer and Syrian refugee who settled with her family in Columbus, Ohio.

Ella P. Stewart (1893-1987)

Pharmacist from Toledo, Ohio, who was one of the first African Americans in her profession; a leader in the National Association of Colored Women.

Chief Glenna Wallace (1938 - Present)

College administrator who in 2006 was the first women elected Chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe that historically lived in Ohio.