Sarah Rosetta Wakeman; aka: Private Lyons Wakeman (1843-1864) - Documentation shows that 135 women soldiers fought in the Civil War, though estimates believe the figure to be closer to 400. Of these brave women fighting on both sides of the line was one named Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. Wakeman disguised herself as a man and joined the 153^rd Regiment of the New York State Volunteers in 1862 under the name of Lyons Wakeman. Her first tour of duty was protecting the perimeter of Washington City. In February, 1864 she participated in Major General Nathaniel P. Banks' campaign in Louisiana. Near the end of the campaign, she was diagnosed with dysentery and died n June 19, 1864. During her tenure as a soldier, her true identity was never discovered. She was buried as a soldier at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Lousiana. More ...

Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) - Mary was a prisoner of war during the Civil War, writer, doctor, fashion trend-setter and the only female to receive the Medal of Honor.

Sarah Breedlove "Madame C. J." Walker (1867-1919) ­ A southern sharecropper's daughter, she became the first female black millionaire by successfully selling hair preparations for black women.

Ellen Watson, a/k/a Cattle Kate – (1861-1889) Ellen Watson, dubbed by local newspapers in the late 1880’s, as “Cattle Kate,” was long thought of as an outlaw. Watson, and her boyfriend (or husband,) Jim Averell were hanged by vigilantes near the Sweetwater River in Wyoming on July 20, 1889 for the accused crime of cattle rustling. However, since their deaths, historians have theorized that their murders were unjustified, perpetrated by powerful land and cattle barons of the time. This was just one of the many actions taken by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association who controlled the cattle industry in Wyoming and was trying to run off the small cattle owners.