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title: 7 Trailblazing Women You Should Know About
date: 2024-03-27T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/7-trailblazing-women-you-should-know-about"
section: Articles
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# 7 Trailblazing Women You Should Know About

*March 27, 2024* — by [Jessica Weiss ’05, Lauren Cain, Katarina Keane, Clare Lyons and Robyn Muncy](/author/jessica-weiss-05-lauren-cain-katarina-keane-clare-lyons-and-robyn-muncy)


> Historians Celebrate an Indigenous Healer, First Black Woman in Space, and More


While everyone has heard of female pioneers like Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the stories of many other brilliant and bold women in American history don’t often get told.

This Women’s History Month, historians from the University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Humanities introduce us to seven of them:


*Molly Ockett portrait — Painting by Danna Brown Nickerson*



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*Mabel Ping-Hua Lee — Photo by Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo*



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*Caroline Sandford Finley works as physician — Photo by Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries*



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*Addie Wyatt — Photo by CULR\_04\_0189\_2134\_001, Chicago Urban League Records, University of Illinois at Chicago Library*



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*Maggie Kuhn raises fist — Photo by Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo*



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*Helen Rodriguez-Trias portrait — Photo by National Center for Biotechnology Information, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*



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*Mae Jemison astronaut portrait — Photo by NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*




**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Gender](https://today.umd.edu/topic/gender), [History](https://today.umd.edu/topic/history), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [College of Arts and Humanities](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-arts-and-humanities)