Social Reform

In this section, the 20 entries contain information about first woman in nation voted into statewide elective office by an all-male electorate, an advocate who influenced women’s rights leaders, a co-founder of settlement houses in urban areas, a contributor to compulsory temperance education program in public schools, and a feminist activist; two Native-American peacemakers with the United States during 19th century, two advocates of Native-American rights, two who opposed efforts to confine Native Americans to reservations under control of federal authorities, and founder of American Indian Institute; two African-American leaders of civil rights movement in mid-20th century, leader who helped influence creation of Jewish national homeland, leader of movement that influenced passage of Social Security Act in 1935, nominee for vice president of Populist Party; one person selected among 10 outstanding women in 1936, one person’s memory honored by a monument being carved in a mountain, two appeared on cover of Newsweek, one inducted into National Women’s Fall of Fame at Seneca Falls, New York, one recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, one refused nomination of Nobel Prize for Peace.

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