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American judge (1920-2018)
Lucile Alexandra Watts (1920 – June 23, 2018) was an American judge. After 20 years as a private practice lawyer, Watts was elected a Wayne County Circuit
Lucile_A._Watts
Cultural icon of the US during World War II
Screwing a Breech-ring) appeared in other countries such as Britain and Australia.[citation needed] The idea of Rosie the Riveter originated in a song written
Rosie_the_Riveter
American actress (born 1932)
a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Burstyn is one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA
Ellen_Burstyn
American actress and comedian (1946–1989)
Glenne Curie praised Radner's performance as a highlight of the show, while New York Daily News' Douglas Watt and The Boston Globe's Kevin Kelly were more
Gilda_Radner
American actress, producer, and social activist (born 1937)
Me. She has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Peabody Award for her work in television and was inducted
Marlo_Thomas
Governor of Michigan since 2019
lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives
Gretchen_Whitmer
Topics referred to by the same term
2004), French swimmer Lucile Watson (1879–1962), Canadian-born American actress Lucile A. Watts (1920–2018), American judge Lucile Wheeler (born 1935),
Lucile
American politician and attorney (born 1977)
She graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's degree in 1999. She received a master's in sociology as a Marshall Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford
Jocelyn_Benson
American actress (born 1939)
a career spanning more than fifty years, Tomlin has received numerous accolades, including seven Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, two Tony Awards, and a nomination
Lily_Tomlin
American singer and actress (born 1944)
with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a successful
Diana_Ross
American politician (born 1959)
February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician who was the 16th United States secretary of energy from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic
Jennifer_Granholm
American soul singer (1942–2018)
Aretha Louise Franklin (/əˈriːθə/ ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen
Aretha_Franklin
American politician (born 1950)
STAB-ə-now; née Greer; born April 29, 1950) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 2001 to 2025. A member
Debbie_Stabenow
First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Gerald Ford. As first lady, she was active in social policy, and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse. She was also Second Lady of
Betty_Ford
American politician (born 1953)
politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2015, representing the state's 6th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic
Debbie_Dingell
Wife of Henry Ford (1866–1950)
Books. pp. 15–20, 24–25, 28, 39–42, 103–109, 146–153. ISBN 0-8143-2998-5. Watts, Steven (October 2006). The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American
Clara_Bryant_Ford
American journalist (1920–2013)
(August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White
Helen_Thomas
American civil rights activist (1913–2005)
activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws
Rosa_Parks
American activist and murder victim (1925–1965)
Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction era civil rights statute. On December 3, the trio was found guilty by an all-white, all-male jury, a landmark in Southern
Viola_Liuzzo
American abolitionist (c. 1797–1883)
Civil War by the title "Ain't I a Woman?", a variation of the original speech that was published in 1863 as being spoken in a stereotypical Black dialect
Sojourner_Truth
American author (born 1951)
her to consider a major related to writing. Initially skeptical that she could make money as a writer, McMillan did go on to receive a B.A. degree in journalism
Terry_McMillan
American businesswoman (1846–1934)
Anna Sutherland Bissell (2 December 1846 – 8 November 1934) was a Canadian-American businesswoman who was the first female CEO in the United States. She
Anna_Sutherland_Bissell
American novelist and playwright (1885–1968)
(1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was
Edna_Ferber
American pediatrician who uncovered the Flint water crisis
Mona Hanna (born 9 December 1976), formerly known as Mona Hanna-Attisha, is a pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed
Mona_Hanna
American tennis player (born 1981)
Era, and the second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles, and the only player to have
Serena_Williams
American businesswoman, entrepreneur and billionaire (born 1933)
husband Mike Ilitch, also a child of Macedonian immigrants, in 1954 when the two went on a blind date arranged by his father. A year later, they married
Marian_Ilitch
American farm organizer and co-education artivist (1845–1903)
the creation of Farmers' Institutes. Mary Mayo in particular developed into a very active and successful Grange organizer where she held positions as the
Mary_Anne_Bryant
American writer (1885–1941)
becoming a school principal with progressive ideas regarding education. Mrs. Rourke placed a strong emphasis on her daughter's education from a young age
Constance_Rourke
Anti-nuclear activist
Michigan to train as a schoolteacher. In 1967, she founded the St. Joseph Alternative Education Center in Saginaw, Michigan, a school for children who
Ardeth_Platte
Museum of notable women from Michigan, US
Stevenson". Michigan Women Forward. Retrieved December 21, 2020. "Lucile A. Watts". Michigan Women Forward. Retrieved December 9, 2025. "Martha Baldwin"
Michigan_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
American artist
artist, entrepreneur, author, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inductee. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Frostic is known for her naturalist, Linocut
Gwen_Frostic
American aviation pioneer (1875–1912)
screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English
Harriet_Quimby
American labor activist (1888–1956)
the Calumet and Hecla mines and Mary was a domestic worker. Annie Klobuchar graduated from the eighth grade at a school operated by the Calumet and Hecla
Anna_Clemenc
American chemist (1935–2016)
20 patents, and authored 173 technical papers. From 1989 to 2003 she wrote a regular column titled Love Letters to Lubrication Engineers in the journal
Shirley_E._Schwartz
American economist (1935–2025)
2025) was an American economist, writer and automobile executive. She was a professor of business administration and public policy at the Ross School
Marina_von_Neumann_Whitman
American philanthropist, pioneer in dietetics, editor (1853–1920)
economics and vegetarian cooking. She was educated at Alfred University (B.A. 1872, A.M. 1875); and the American School Household Economics (1909). In 1875
Ella_Eaton_Kellogg
American judge (born 1966)
associate justice, and as chief justice from 2019 to 2022. Previously she was a professor at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, where she
Bridget_Mary_McCormack
American humanitarian and interfaith leader
humanitarian, interfaith leader, nurse, and founder and CEO of Zaman International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and its causes. Bazzy
Najah_Bazzy
American social activist, author (1915–2015)
including an autobiography. In 2011, still active at the age of 95, she wrote a fifth book, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First
Grace_Lee_Boggs
American aviator
chosen to participate in the Lovelace Foundation's Woman in Space Program, a privately funded project designed to test women pilots for astronaut fitness
Jane_Briggs_Hart
American politician from Michigan
Gilda Z. Jacobs (born April 1, 1949) is a former Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 14th district from 2003 through 2010. The
Gilda_Jacobs
American labor leader (born 1958)
of 2020. Henry was born in 1958 in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Her father was a salesman and her mother was a teacher, and both were devout Catholics
Mary_Kay_Henry
American union organiser (1913–1995)
went to Flint Central High School. She married Kermit Johnson, who then was a factory worker at General Motors, in 1930. Soon after having her first child
Genora_Johnson_Dollinger
American educator (1935–2020)
Northern High School. She earned a bachelor's degree at Wayne State University in 1961, and a master's degree and a Ph.D. at Michigan State University
Eva_Lois_Evans
American bishop (1916–1986)
American bishop of the United Methodist Church and the first woman to serve as a Methodist bishop. She was born July 11, 1916, in Onaway, Michigan, to Jesse
Marjorie_Matthews
American prosecutor (born 1956)
Wayne County, Michigan since 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first African-American woman to serve as a county prosecutor in Michigan.
Kym_Worthy
Geneva Smitherman is a University Distinguished Professor Emerita of English and co-founder of the African American and African Studies doctoral program
Geneva_Smitherman
19th century American Indian literary author
Waubojeeg, a prominent Ojibwe war chief and civil leader from what is now northern Wisconsin, and his wife. Her father John Johnston (1762–1828) was a fur trader
Jane_Johnston_Schoolcraft
American novelist (1889–1987)
high school in 1904, but a year later, at age fifteen, began to sing professionally as contralto in a Presbyterian choir for $1 a week.[citation needed]
Marguerite_de_Angeli
American politician (born 1954)
serving as the Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County, Michigan since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Miller previously served as the U.S. representative
Candice_Miller
Anti-nuclear power activist
took a job as a technical researcher at Dow Chemical Company, and the couple had five children. She also worked for the Atomic Energy Commission as a technical
Mary_P._Sinclair
American business executive and chemist
inclination for math and science, Brewer was interested in pursuing a career as a physician. In 1980, upon graduating from Cass Technical High School
Rosalind_Brewer
American physician
1994) was an American physician who was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. She was also a pathologist and medical examiner, having put
Clara_Raven
American lighthouse keeper
American lighthouse keeper and writer. She served as a lighthouse keeper for 41 years, including a 29-year stint at the Little Traverse Light. Williams
Elizabeth_Whitney_Williams
American army nurse (1915–1944)
Aleda Ester Lutz (November 9, 1915 – November 1, 1944) was a United States Army flight nurse. She was one of sixteen American servicewoman to be killed
Aleda_E._Lutz
American poet and publisher (1923–2020)
Originally a teacher, she later found fame with her award-winning poems and was also the founder and senior editor of Lotus Press, established in 1972, a publisher
Naomi_Long_Madgett
American advocate for women's rights and women's education
sisters Delia and Eliza. Eliza Rogers was the first female teacher to hold a position at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, New York. She was hired
Abigail_Rogers
American educator (1927–2020)
Women's Hall of Fame. Dockeray grew up on a poultry farm in Walker Township. Her father, Winfield Dockeray, was a bookkeeper who also raised chickens. The
Mary_Jane_Dockeray
Hospital in Michigan, United States
Rehabilitation Hospital is a 167-bed acute care inpatient rehabilitation hospital for children and adults who have experienced a brain injury, spinal cord
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Mary_Free_Bed_Rehabilitation_Hospital
American educator and social worker
and 1955, she served as a consultant to social work schools in Cairo, Egypt and Pakistan. From 1959 to 1965, she served as a delegate to the United Nations
Elmina_R._Lucke
American LGBT rights activist
Illinois. Ellis Sr.'s appointment was controversial and he was called a racial slur in a Springfield newspaper following his appointment. Along with the racism
Ruth_Ellis_(activist)
American civil right leader
Hortense (Golden) Canady (August 18, 1927 – October 23, 2010) was a civil rights leader, the first African American elected to the Lansing Board of Education
Hortense_Canady
African-American suffragist (c.1854–1914)
Lottie Wilson was born in about 1854 in Niles, Michigan. As an adult, she was a resident of Bay City, Michigan, and had an art studio there that was open
Lottie_Wilson_Jackson
American politician (1883–1967)
University, now Oakland University, with her husband Alfred Wilson, and John A. Hannah. The new university was built on her 1,400-acre (5.7 km2) estate,
Matilda_Dodge_Wilson
First Lady of Michigan
attended a girls' school in Denver, Colorado. She enrolled in Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, after high school, where she earned a bachelor's
Helen_Milliken
American
University of Illinois in 1906, with a degree in home economics. White was a teacher as a young woman. She was a home economics professor at Ohio State
Edna_Noble_White
American judge (1937–2014)
Boyle (née Ehrhardt, later Pernick; March 31, 1937 – January 13, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern
Patricia_Boyle
American architect
(August 4, 1884, Algonac, Michigan – March 22, 1958, Neebish Island) was a pioneer in the Michigan women's movement. She was Michigan's first licensed
Emily_Helen_Butterfield
American lawyer (1891–1995)
(1891–1995) was a lawyer who was Michigan's first elected woman prosecutor, the first woman in the United States to successfully defend a murder trial.
Emelia_Christine_Schaub
University of Michigan regent (1935–1987)
a United States Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent. She was a Democratic National Convention delegate in 1976 and she was a Deputy
Sarah_Goddard_Power
American novelist and poet (born 1936)
won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's
Marge_Piercy
American freestyle wrestler (born 1966)
was a force to be reckoned with in the 50-pound weight class. In 1975, Saunders appeared as a featured guest on an episode of To Tell the Truth, a syndicated
Tricia_Saunders
American softball coach
male or female with 1,684 wins. Hutchins had a career record of 1,707 wins, 551 losses, and five ties, for a .759 winning percentage. She led the Wolverines
Carol_Hutchins
American librarian (1913–2012)
to become a librarian instead of a teacher. The president Florence Read caught notice of Jones' typing skills and offered her a position as a typist with
Clara_Stanton_Jones
American novelist
of six siblings in a family that traced its heritage to the Revolutionary War; both parents were teachers and she was raised to be a teacher. Arnow would
Harriette_Simpson_Arnow
American journalist (1836–1911)
and the Los Angeles Herald. In addition to newspaper work, she published a guidebook of Chicago, etiquette books, and several novels. In 1886, she founded
Martha_Louise_Rayne
American Civil War nurse
Lorinda Anna Blair Etheridge (May 3, 1839 – January 23, 1913) was a Union nurse and vivandière who served during the American Civil War. She was one of
Anna_Etheridge
Canadian-born woman who served as a man during the American Civil War
1841 – September 5, 1898) was a British North America-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American
Sarah_Emma_Edmonds
American librarian (1842–1923)
born in 1842, in Pontiac, Michigan, to her father John A. Wilson. She married Clinton Spencer, a soldier in the American Civil War, in 1863. The Library
Mary_C._Spencer
American suffragist and Universalist minister
raised her children in a household that regarded religion and education as very important. This is evident from the building of a schoolhouse on the Brown
Olympia_Brown
American television news correspondent (born 1948)
City, Michigan, on January 12, 1948. Her father, Hans "Peppi" Teichner, was a German-born ski instructor, who fled to Spain after Adolf Hitler took power
Martha_Teichner
American poet
Pennsylvania. Elizabeth attended a Quaker school and there embraced the Quaker view of antislavery. Elizabeth started writing poems at a very early age. She left
Elizabeth_Margaret_Chandler
American academic (1904–1996)
Vernie Merze Tate (February 6, 1905 – June 27, 1996) was a professor, scholar and expert on United States diplomacy. She was the first African-American
Merze_Tate
American physician and toxicologist (1869–1970)
and author. She was a leading expert in the field of occupational health, laid the foundation for health and safety protections, and a pioneer in the field
Alice_Hamilton
American former university administrator
1969. She earned a Master of Science in student personnel and counseling from Indiana State University in 1970. In 1974, Simon earned a Ph.D in higher education
Lou_Anna_Simon
American bacteriologist
College for a year before transferring to Syracuse University. In 1914, she received her B.S. in Zoology from Syracuse. Kendrick worked as a teacher in
Pearl_Kendrick
American environmentalist
to a farm on the Grand River in Dimondale. She attended Michigan Agricultural College, Michigan State University. She was allowed to sit-in on a chemistry
Emma_Genevieve_Gillette
American physical chemist (1921–2017)
Elizabeth Graczyk, was a self-educated woman who supported her family as a seamstress of automobile upholstery and later by running a restaurant–eventually
Isabella_Karle
American lawyer
Julia Donovan Darlow is an American attorney who is a Regent Emerita of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Darlow earned her J.D. in 1971 from
Julia_Donovan_Darlow
American politician
of the city council. Henderson was a civil rights leader who fought for racial and gender equality. She founded a statewide coalition against redlining
Erma_Henderson
American dietitian (1875–1961)
co-founder of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has been called "a pioneer in vegetarian nutrition and dietetics." Cooper co-founded what was
Lenna_F._Cooper
American physician
and a founder of the American Medical Women's Association [failed verification] in 1915 and the first woman to be head of a medical division at a coeducational
Bertha_Van_Hoosen
American radio personality and pastor
starting in 1954 after winning a contest. There, she was one of the first female disc jockeys in the United States, with a program that included the latest
Martha_Jean_Steinberg
American activist
owned a drugstore in Alton and later in Minneapolis. Jeffrey attended the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate, where she graduated with a bachelor's
Mildred_Jeffrey
American politician
Михайлівна Бек, Rusyn: Євґенія Бек, 29 February 1908 - 30 January 2005) was a Detroit Democratic Party politician, female activist and journalist from Pennsylvania
Mary_Beck
American politician (1914–1972)
(rather than appointed) to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat who represented Detroit
Cora_Brown
American business executive (1920–2011)
a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A.
Esther_Gordy_Edwards
American educator (1904–1989)
went on to become a lawyer and a judge in Michigan. Her husband died on December 16, 1956. She died on February 19, 1989, after a long illness. After
Rosa_Slade_Gragg
American philanthropist (1846–1923)
is known for organizing the Michigan State Association of Colored Women, a chapter of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). McCoy née Delaney
Mary_Eleanora_McCoy
American aviator (1914–1976)
a test pilot and air racer in the 1930s. During World War II she convinced Colonel William H. Tunner of the U.S. Army Air Forces to look to set up a group
Nancy_Harkness_Love
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