Since I'm not a woman, I can't fully say I understand what it's like to be oppressed due to my sex. I'm also not claiming the women on this list are the absolute most influential women in the history of the USA, and I'm not trying to speak over women, since women have experienced these hardships that I haven't. I'm just composing a list of women who have had a major influence in the history of the USA, from my research, and of course, it's my opinion.
With that being said, this is the third part of the most influential women in the history of the United States of America(USA), since the month of March is Women's History Month. You can read Part 1 here , and Part 2 here.
Amelia Earhart(1897-1939)-Aviator
Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for her accomplishments. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in 1937 over the central Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the globe.
Jesse Benton Fremont(1824-1902)-Writer
Jesse Fremont was not only a writer, but she was a political activist. She was considered the brains behind her husband, John C. Fremont, and his famous exploration westward. She turned his notes into readable books and made connections in Washington, D.C., that eventually made him famous.
Marguerite Higgins(1920-1966)-Reporter
Marguerite Higgins was mainly a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She advanced the cause of equal opportunity for female war correspondents and was the first woman awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence in 1951.
Sacagawea(1788-1812)-Explorer
Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone Native American woman best known for her expedition with Lewis and Clark through the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. She traveled from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean with the explorers.
Harriet Jacobs(1813-1897)-Writer
Harriet Jacobs escaped slavery and was later freed. She published a novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, credited as the first to highlight the struggles of rape and sexual abuse within slavery.
Barbara Jordan(1936-1996)-Lawyer
Barbara Jordan was mainly a lawyer, but she was also an educator, politician, and Civil Rights Movement leader. She was the first southern black woman elected to the United States of America House of Representatives and the first black woman to give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
Caylee Cooper(1985-Present)-Social Media Influencer
Caylee is from Warren, Oregon, but is currently living in Scappoose, Oregon, and is dating a man right now. Aside from the modeling, and influencing, she is also a Barrell Racer in the Portland, Oregon Metro Area. Caylee has a niece, and has been a Preschool Teacher in the past.
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