American Women on Stamps
and Women on American Stamps
Hazel Wightman (1886-1974)
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
(December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974)
Bad-ass Tennis Player, Olympic Gold Medal (1924)
Scott 2498 25-c Hazel Wightman issued July 6, 1990
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
(December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Poet - Serious Recluse - Undiagnosed Agoraphobe
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune
(July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955)
Civil Rights Leader - Educator - Presidential Adviser
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton
(December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912)
teacher, patent clerk, nurse, humanitarian
founder of the American Red Cross
Sacagawea (1788-1812)
Sacagawea
- tour guide - translator - working mom
Pocahontas (1595-1617)
Pocahontas
born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe
(c. 1595 – March 1617)
Hostage negotiator
Scott 330 Pocahontas 5 Cent Stamp Blue Issued 1907
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
Wilma Rudolph
the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and
competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Susan B. Anthony
February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906
Suffragist, activist, civil rights leader
Scott 784 3 Cent Susan B Anthony Stamp - Issued 1936
Scott 1051 50 Cent Stamp Susan B Anthony Issued 1954 - 1961
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Anne Eleanor Roosevelt
(October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962)
Archetypal first lady, author, speaker, politician, activist, icon
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