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Test Your Knowledge of Women in the Hall of Fame

How many of these woman can you name?

She is one of the Philadelphia Eleven, who led the successful effort to have women ordained as Priests in the Episcopal Church of America in 1974. She served as Chaplin at both Syracuse and Cornell Universities.

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She was a native of Upstate New York and physician who served as a field surgeon during the Civil War. She was captured by the Confederates in 1864 and exchanged after she had spent 4 months as a POW. She tried to vote, but was turned away. She rejected the hoop skirted dresses for more practical trousers and jackets. She was arrested in NYC for impersonating a man. She was the first woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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She was born in Red Cloud Nebraska. Growing up she defied the norms for girls. She wore her hair short, wore pants and rebelled against the role set out for her. Her novels embraced strong women and the dying pioneer tradition.

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Champion of women's rights, human rights, equality, peace and social justice. She was an attorney in civil rights and labor law. She was member of Congress known for her trademark wide-brimmed hat. She founded the National Women's Political Caucus.

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In early 1776 she wrote her politician husband to urge daring and boldness, quoting Shakespeare: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." She asked that he "Remember the Ladies".

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Her writings have inspired generations of women, to overcome prejudice, discrimination and abuse. Her autobiograpy is titled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

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She was a pioneer in journalism and investigative reporting. She was one of the first to expose society's ills. She even herself committed to a mental institution in order to study how the mentally ill were being treated.

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She was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968. she served in Congress until 1982. Her first book titled "Unbossed and Unbought" was published in 1970.

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She served as Secretary of State of Connecticut, and then served two terms in the U.S. Congress. She was elected governor of Connecticut in 1974 - the nation's first woman elected state governor in her own right. She said: "It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about it."

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Fought the injustices of slavery, racism and sexism during the mid-19th century. She became the first woman to address a legislative body when she spoke to the Massachusetts State Legislature on women's rights and abolition. She helped set the agenda later followed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and others.

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She is probably America's most distinguished cytogeneticist. She was a graduate of Cornell who studied genetics and received her PhD in 1927. She was the first reported that genetic information could transpose from one chromosome to another.

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She was the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She used her skills to help the Cherokee Nation by starting community self-help programs and teaching people ways out of poverty. She says: "We've had daunting problems in many critical areas, but I believe in the old Cherokee injunction to 'be of a good mind.' Today it's called positive thinking."

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