in chronological order | |  Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) — also known asAnna Eleanor Roosevelt — of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1884.Democrat.First Ladyof the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United NationsGeneral Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on HumanRights;newspapercolumnist;speaker, Democratic National Convention,1952,1956,1960;member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters;NAACP.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973. Died, oftuberculosis,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1962 (age78 years, 27days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Anna (Hall) Roosevelt;sister of Gracie Hall Roosevelt (who marriedDorothyKemp Roosevelt); married,March17, 1905, toFranklinDelano Roosevelt; mother ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; grandniece ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; great-grandniece ofJamesI. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter ofArchibaldBulloch; first cousin ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin twice removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books about Eleanor Roosevelt: HazelRowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Maurine H.Beasley,EleanorRoosevelt: Transformative First Lady |
| | Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) — also known asMargaret Chase — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,December14, 1897.Republican.Schoolteacher; business executive for MaineTelephone&TelegraphCo., for a countrynewspaper,and for the CummingsWoolen Co.;member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1930-36;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1964.Female.Member,SigmaKappa.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1989.DiedMay 29,1995 (age97 years, 166days).Cremated;ashes interred atMargaretChase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.  | Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) — also known asElizabeth Smith Cady — of Seneca Falls,SenecaCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1815.Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1868.Female.Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973. Died, ofheartfailure, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1902 (age86 years, 348days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives:Daughter ofDanielCady and Margaret (Livingston) Cady; married,May 1,1840, toHenryBrewster Stanton; granddaughter ofJamesLivingston; second great-granddaughter ofRobertLivingston the Younger andDirckTen Broeck; third great-granddaughter ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandniece ofRobertLivingston the Elder andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-granddaughter ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofGerritSmith; first cousin twice removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andCornelisCuyler; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),StephenVan Rensselaer,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo andEdwardPhilip Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800) andStephenJohn Schuyler; third cousin ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofHenryWalter Livingston,PeterGansevoort,JohnJacob Astor III,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books about Elizabeth Cady Stanton:Lori D. Ginzberg,ElizabethCady Stanton: An American Life | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902 |
 | Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) — also known asCarrie Lane;Carrie Chapman — of Mason City,CerroGordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Ripon,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,January9, 1859.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; woman suffrage activist; president, National AmericanWoman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1982. Died, from aheartattack, in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1947 (age88 years, 59days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Frances Perkins (1882-1965) — also known asMrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson — of Newcastle,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April10, 1882.Democrat.Sociologist;New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1933-45;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.Female.Episcopalian.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Firstwoman to serve in the Cabinet; inducted,National Women's Hall ofFame, 1982.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 14,1965 (age83 years, 34days).Interment atCemeteryon River Road, Newcastle, Maine.  | Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) — also known asBarbara Jordan — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,February21, 1936.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1967;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.Female.Africanancestry.Lesbian.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1990; received theSpingarnMedal in 1992, and thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died ofleukemiaandmultiplesclerosis,January17, 1996 (age59 years, 330days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) — also known asShirley Chisholm;Shirley Anita St.Hill —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1924.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45thDistrict 1966, 55th District 1967-68);U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1972;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980;Honorary Co-Chair,1984;speaker,1988.Female.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,League of WomenVoters;NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action;NationalOrganization for Women;UrbanLeague;DeltaSigma Theta.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died in Ormond Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,January1, 2005 (age80 years, 32days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | | Betty Friedan (1921-2006) — also known asBettye Naomi Goldstein — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,February4, 1921.Democrat.Universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1984.Female.JewishandRussianancestry. Member,NationalOrganization for Women;PhiBeta Kappa.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died, ofheartfailure, inWashington,D.C.,February4, 2006 (age85 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | Ella Tambussi Grasso (1919-1981) — also known asElla T. Grasso;Ella RoseTambussi —of Windsor Locks,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor Locks,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 10,1919.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1953-57; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Connecticut, 1956-58; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1956(alternate),1960,1968;co-chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, co-chair,1964,co-chair,1968;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1959-71;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,1965;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1971-75;Governor ofConnecticut, 1975-80; resigned 1980.Female.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;AmericanAssociation of University Women;League of WomenVoters;PhiBeta Kappa.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1981; inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1993.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,February5, 1981 (age61 years, 271days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Conn.  | Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) — also known asMartha W. Griffiths;Martha EdnaWright —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Armada,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Pierce City,LawrenceCounty, Mo.,January29, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1947; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1949-52; defeated in primary, 1946;U.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1955-74; defeated,1952; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1953; appointed 1953;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1968,1984,1988;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1983-90.Female.Presbyterian.Member,Orderof the Eastern Star;AmericanAssociation of University Women.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died in Armada,MacombCounty, Mich.,April22, 2003 (age91 years, 83days).Burial location unknown.  | Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) — also known asFannie Lou Townsend — Born inMontgomeryCounty, Miss.,October6, 1917.Civil rights and voting rights activist; founder of MississippiFreedom Democratic Party; in September 1962, in retaliation for herattempt to vote, she wasshotat in a drive-by shooting; in 1963, along with othercivilrights activists en route to a conference, she wasarrested,and suffered analmostfatal beating by police; candidate forU.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1964; candidate forMississippistate senate, 1971.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995. Died in Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.,March14, 1977 (age59 years, 159days).Interment atFannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden, Ruleville, Miss.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Lee Townsend and Ella Townsend; married1945 to PerryHamer. | | | | Epitaph: "I am sick and tired of beingsick and tired." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September14, 1921.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1964-65; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1964;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1965-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-86;took senior status 1986.Female.Africanancestry.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993; received theSpingarnMedal in 2003.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in NYU DowntownHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 2005 (age84 years, 14days).Burial location unknown. | | Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) — also known asJeannette Rankin — of Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.; Carmel,MontereyCounty, Calif.Born near Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.,June 11,1880.Socialworker;U.S.Representative from Montana, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1918.Female.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II; inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.Died in Carmel,MontereyCounty, Calif.,May 18,1973 (age92 years, 341days).Interment atMissoulaCemetery, Missoula, Mont.  | Bella Savitzky Abzug (1920-1998) — also known asBella S. Abzug;Bella Savitzky;"Battlin' Bella";"Mother Courage";"Bellicose Bella" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1920.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1971-77 (19th District 1971-73,20th District 1973-77); defeated, 1978 (18th District), 1986 (20thDistrict); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972,1976,1980,1984,1988,1996;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1976; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1977; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1993.Female.Jewish. Member,UrbanLeague;NationalOrganization for Women;American CivilLiberties Union;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanJewish Congress.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994. Died, of complications fromheartsurgery, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1998 (age77 years, 250days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. | | Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) — also known asGeraldine Ferraro — of Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1935.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984(chair,PlatformCommittee),1996;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1984; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.Female.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994. Died, frommultiplemyeloma, in Massachusetts GeneralHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March26, 2011 (age75 years, 212days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | Elizabeth Hanford Dole (b. 1936) — also known asElizabeth Dole;Liddy Dole;MaryElizabeth Hanford —of North Carolina. Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,July 29,1936.Republican. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1973-79;U.S.Secretary of Transportation, 1983-87;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1989-90; president, American Red Cross,1991-2000; candidate for Republican nomination for President,2000;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 2003-.Female.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995. Still living as of 2014. | | Sandra Day O'Connor (b. 1930) — also known asSandra Day — of Paradise Valley,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,March26, 1930.Republican. Member ofArizonastate senate, 1969-74; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona,1972;superior court judge in Arizona, 1975-79;Judge,Arizona Court of Appeals, 1979-81;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Order ofthe Coif.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995. Still living as of 2019. | | Patricia Scott Schroeder (b. 1940) — also known asPatricia Schroeder;Pat Schroeder;Patricia Nell Scott —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 30,1940.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1973-97; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Colorado,1988,1996;Co-Chair,1984;co-chair, Credentials Committee, co-chair,1988;speaker,1988.Female.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;League of WomenVoters.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995. Still living as of 2014.  | Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) — also known asOveta Culp;Mrs. William P.Hobby —of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Killeen,BellCounty, Tex.,January19, 1905.Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,editor and publisher ofHouston Postnewspaper;director,radiostation KPRC;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.Female.Episcopalian.Member,JuniorLeague.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1996. Died, from astroke,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August16, 1995 (age90 years, 209days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | | Madeleine Korbel Albright (b. 1937) — also known asMadeleine K. Albright;Marie JanaKorbelova;Madeleine Korbel —Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (nowCzechia),May15, 1937.Universityprofessor; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1993;U.S.Secretary of State, 1997-2001.Female.Episcopalian.CzechandJewishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Firstwoman to serve as Secretary of State. Inducted,National Women'sHall of Fame, 1998.Still living as of 2020. | | Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (b. 1935) — also known asRozanne L. Ridgway — ofWashington,D.C.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,August22, 1935.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toFinland, 1977-80;East Germany, 1982.Female.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1998. Still living as of 1998. | | Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) — also known asEdith Frances Nourse — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,1881.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1925;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died inoffice 1960.Female.Congregationalist;laterEpiscopalian.Member,AmericanLegion Auxiliary.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 1998. Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September10, 1960 (ageabout 79years).Interment atLowellCemetery, Lowell, Mass. | | Janet Reno (1938-2016) — of Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,July 21,1938.Democrat.Lawyer;Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93;U.S.Attorney General, 1993-2001; thefirstfemale U.S. attorney general; candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 2002.Female.Danishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society.Inducted, Florida Women'sHall ofFame, 1993; inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,November7, 2016 (age78 years, 109days).Burial location unknown. | | Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) — also known asVictoria California Claflin — Born in Homer,LickingCounty, Ohio,September23, 1838.Equal Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872, 1888.Female.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2001. Died in Bredon's Norton, Worcester (now Bredon, Worcestershire),England,June9, 1927 (age88 years, 259days).Cremated;ashes scattered in English Channel; cenotaph atTewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. | | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) — also known asJoan Ruth Bader — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1933.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-.Female.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;Council onForeign Relations;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American CivilLiberties Union;AmericanJewish Congress;PhiAlpha Delta.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2002. Died inWashington,D.C.,September18, 2020 (age87 years, 187days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) — also known asPatricia Roberts — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Mattoon,ColesCounty, Ill.,May 31,1924.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for District of Columbia,1964;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1964;U.S. Ambassador toLuxembourg, 1965-67;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80;U.S.Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81.Female.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American woman cabinet member; inducted,National Women'sHall of Fame, 2003.Died inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1985 (age60 years, 296days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927-2002) — also known asPatsy T. Mink;"PatsyPink" —of Waipahu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Paia, Island of Maui,MauiCounty, Hawaii,December6, 1927.Democrat. Member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1956-58; member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1958-59; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Hawaii,1960,1980,1996,2000;member ofHawaiistate senate, 1962-64;U.S.Representative from Hawaii, 1965-77, 1990-2002 (at-large 1965-71,2nd District 1971-77, 1990-2002); died in office 2002; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from Hawaii, 1976; candidate forGovernor ofHawaii, 1986; candidate formayorof Honolulu, Hawaii, 1988.Female.Protestant.Asian/Pacificancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2003. Died, ofpneumonia,at the Straub Clinic andHospital,Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,September28, 2002 (age74 years, 296days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii.  | Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) — also known asFlorence E. Allen — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,March23, 1884.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1922-34; candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1926;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1934-59; tooksenior status 1959.Female.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;AmericanAssociation of University Women;PhiBeta Kappa;KappaBeta Pi;DeltaKappa Gamma;KappaDelta Pi.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2005. Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September12, 1966 (age82 years, 173days).Interment atWaite Hill Village Cemetery, Waite Hill, Ohio. | | Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) — also known asHillary Clinton;Hillary Diane Rodham;"Hill";"Evergreen" —of Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October26, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;First Ladyof the United States, 1993-2001;U.S.Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008(speaker);candidate for Democratic nomination for President,2008;U.S.Secretary of State, 2009-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2016; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.Methodist.Member,PhiAlpha Delta.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2005. Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma (Howell) Rodham;sister ofHughEdwin Rodham; married,October11, 1975, toWilliamJefferson Clinton; mother ofChelseaVictoria Clinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies). | | | | Political family:Clintonfamily of Pennsylvania and Florida (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books by Hillary Clinton:LivingHistory (2003) —AnInvitation To The White House : At Home With History(2000) —ItTakes A Village | | | | Books about Hillary Clinton: JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe,HillaryRodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — GeneLyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — GailSheehy,Hillary'sChoice — Michael Tomasky,Hillary'sTurn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious SenateCampaign — Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr.,HillaryClinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich,TheCase For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and EileenMcGann,Condivs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — JeffGerth & Don Van Natta, Jr.,HerWay : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary RodhamClinton — Susan Morrison, ed.,ThirtyWays of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by WomenWriters — Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes,HRC:State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton | | | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:Barbara Olson,Hellto Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary RodhamClinton — Peggy Noonan,TheCase Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,MadameHillary : The Dark Road to the White House — JackCashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Carl Limbacher,Hillary'sScheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the WhiteHouse — Ed Klein,TheTruth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How FarShe'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris,RewritingHistory — David N. Bossie,Hillary:The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,TheFirst Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| | Winona LaDuke (b. 1959) — of Ponsford,BeckerCounty, Minn.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,1959.Green. Candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1996, 2000; received oneelectoral vote for Vice-President,2016.Female.OjibweIndian ancestry.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2007. Still living as of 2016.  | Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) — also known asCoretta Scott — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Heiberger,PerryCounty, Ala.,April27, 1927.Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention,1984,1988.Female.Africanancestry.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011. Died in Playas de Rosarito,BajaCalifornia,January30, 2006 (age78 years, 278days).Entombed atKingCenter Grounds, Atlanta, Ga. | | Barbara Ann Mikulski (b. 1936) — also known asBarbara A. Mikulski — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 20,1936.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1977-87;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1987-2017; defeated, 1974; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008.Female.Catholic.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011. Still living as of 2019. | | Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) — also known asDonna E. Shalala — of Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February14, 1941.Democrat.Servedin the Peace Corps;universityprofessor;president,Hunter College, City University of New York, 1980-88;chancellor,University of Wisconsin, 1988-92;U.S.Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001;president,University of Miami, 2001-15;U.S.Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.Female.Lebaneseancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission;AmericanFederation of Teachers.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011. Still living as of 2019. | | Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) — also known asAnnunciata Patricia D'Alesandro — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inBaltimore,Md.,March26, 1940.Democrat.CaliforniaDemocratic state chair, 1981-83; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;speaker,1984,1996;U.S.Representative from California, 1987-2018 (5th District 1987-93,8th District 1993-2013, 12th District 2013-18); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 2004-08.Female.Catholic.Italianancestry.Inducted,National Women's Hall of Fame, 2013. Still living as of 2019.| | Relatives:Daughter ofThomasLudwig John D'Alesandro Jr. and Annunciata (Lombardi)D'Alesandro; sister ofThomasLudwig John D'Alesandro III; married,September7, 1963, toPaulFrancis Pelosi (brother ofRonaldVirgil Pelosi); mother ofChristineP. Pelosi. | | | | Political family:Pelosi-D'Alesandrofamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | Cross-reference:CecileRichards | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books by Nancy Pelosi:KnowYour Power: A Message to America's Daughters, with Amy HillHearth (2009) | | | | Books about Nancy Pelosi: MarcSandalow,MadamSpeaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise toPower — Ronald M. Peters,SpeakerNancy Pelosi and the New American Politics — VincentBzdek,Womanof the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi | | | | Critical books about Nancy Pelosi:Rochelle Schweizer,She'sthe Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi |
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