This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women: *

Mary Ambler Mary Johnson Ambler (March 24, 1805 – August 18, 1868) was an American humanitarian and Fulling, fuller who helped organize the rescue of survivors of the Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Pennsylvania. The borough of Ambler, Pennsylvania, Ambler w ...

(1805–1868) *

Marian Anderson Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to Spiritual (music), spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throu ...

(1897–1993)/ *

Nellie Bly Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaki ...

(1864–1922) * Pearl S. Buck * Rachel Carson (1907–1964) *

Margaret Corbin Margaret Cochran Corbin (November 12, 1751January 16, 1800) was a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War.James, Edward T., et al''Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary'' Vol. II, p. 385-86 (1971) () On Novembe ...

(1754–1800) *

Henrietta Crosman Henrietta Foster Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Crosman was born in Wheeling, Virginia, to George Crosman Jr. a Civil War Major, and Mary B. Wick, a niece of composer Step ...

* Isabel Darlington (1865–1950) *

Lydia Darragh Lydia Darragh (1729 – December 28, 1789) was an Irish woman said to have crossed British lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, delivering information to George Washington and the ...

(1728–1789) *

Saint Katherine Drexel Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She was the second person born i ...

Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster was born in Wilmington, Delaware and raised by her deceased mother's family-the Claylands in Baltimore. She is best known for being an early settler of Pittsburgh and the mother of Morrison Foster and composer and l ...

Hannah Freeman Hannah Freeman (March 1731 – March 20, 1802), also known as "Indian Hannah," was a Lenape healer, artisan, and farmer who historically was thought to be the last surviving member of the Lenape in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Biography Free ...

* Martha Glaser * Elsie Hillman *

Emma Hunter Emma Hunter may refer to: * Emma Hunter (swimmer) * Emma Hunter (actress) Emma Hunter (born ) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is known for her recurring role as Nisha in the sitcom ''Mr. D'', and as co-anchor with Miguel Rivas of the ...

Rebecca Lukens Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854), born Rebecca Webb Pennock, was an American businesswoman. She was the owner and manager of the iron and steel mill which became the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Fortune Magazine called her "Amer ...

(1794–1854) *

Sophie Masloff Sophie Masloff (née Friedman; December 23, 1917 – August 17, 2014) was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor of Pitts ...

Sybilla Masters Sybilla Righton Masters (c. 1676 – 23 August 1720)Blashfield JF Women Inventors, Volume 4 Capstone, 1996/ref> was an American inventor. Masters was the first person residing in Thirteen Colonies, the American colonies to be given an English pa ...

(1676–1720) *

Lucy Kennedy Miller Lucy Kennedy Miller (1880–1962), also known as Mrs. John O. Miller,Miller
(obituary of Lu ...

(1880-1962) *

Evelyn Foster Morneweck Evelyn Foster Morneweck (1887-1973) was a writer and biographer of Stephen Collins Foster. Her father, Morrison Foster Morrison Foster (June 10, 1823May 14, 1904) was the older brother, business agent and biographer for Stephen Foster, a compos ...

* Lucretia Mott (1793–1880) *

Mary Engle Pennington Mary Engle Pennington (October 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952) was an American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer. Early life and education Mary Engle Pennington was born in Nashville, Tennessee; her parents were Henry and Sarah M ...

(1872–1952) *

Ann Preston Ann Preston (December 1, 1813April 18, 1872) was an American physician, activist, and educator. Early life Ann Preston was the first woman dean of a medical school, the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), which was the first medical ...

(1813–1872) *

Jennie Bradley Roessing Jennie Bradley Roessing (May 11, 1881 – May 15, 1963) was a leader in Pennsylvania's women's suffrage movement during the early 1900s. She was an active participant in the women's suffrage movement and various Pittsburgh-area organizations. Ear ...

* Betsy Ross * Marion Margery Scranton (1884–1960) *

Florence Seibert Florence Barbara Seibert (October 6, 1897 – August 23, 1991) was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purif ...

(1897–1991) *

Frances Slocum Frances Slocum (March 4, 1773 – March 9, 1847) (Ma-con-na-quah, "Young Bear" or "Little Bear") was an adopted member of the Miami people. Slocum was born into a Quaker family that migrated from Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1777 to the Wyoming ...

(1773–1847) *

Amanda Berry Smith Amanda Berry Smith (January 23, 1837 – February 24, 1915) was a Methodist preacher and former slave who funded The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children outside Chicago. She was a leader ...

(1837–1915) *

Anna Bustill Smith Anna Bustill Smith (1862 – August 1945) was a cousin of Paul Robeson and member of Philadelphia's prominent Bustill family. A suffragist, who was the first known African-American genealogist in the United States, she also achieved recognition a ...

(1862-1945) *

Eliza Kennedy Smith Eliza Kennedy Smith (December 11, 1889 – October 23, 1964), also known as Mrs. R. Templeton Smith, was a 20th-century American suffragist, civic activist, and government reformer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon her death in 1964, ''The Pitts ...

(1889-1964)Pitz, Marylynne.
A roll call of Western Pa. suffrage trailblazers
" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', September 13, 2020. *

Ida Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857January 6, 1944) was an American writer, Investigative journalism, investigative journalist, List of biographers, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of th ...

(1857–1944) * Martha Gibbons Thomas (1869–1942) *

Elizabeth Thorn Elizabeth Möser Thorn (December 28, 1832 – October 17, 1907) was an American cemetery caretaker who served as the caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania), Evergreen Cemetery in Adams County, Pennsylvania, while her husban ...

(1832–1907) * Laurie Trok *

Marion Foster Welch Marion Welch ( Foster; April 18, 1851 – July 9, 1935) was the only child of composer Stephen Collins Foster and, together with her daughter, Jessie Rose, was the caretaker of the Stephen S. Foster Memorial Home, located at 3600 Penn Avenu ...

* Jane McDowell Foster Wiley

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