1810s

Anna Behr Uhl Ottendorfer (13 feb 1815 – 01 apr 1884 | Würzburg, Bavaria – New York NY) German-American journalist, philanthropist, founded home for elderly women

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

Mary Antin (13 jun 1881 – 15 may 1949 | Polotsk, Belarus – Suffern NY) author, autobiographer, immigration rights activist

Fannia Mary Cohn (05 apr 1885 – 24 dec 1962 | Kletsk, Belarus – New York NY) author, trade union educational advocate, co-founding director of Brookwood Labor College, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union [ILGWU] activist / leader / first female vice-president

Celia Dropkin (05 dec 1887 – 18 aug 1956 | Bobruysk, Belarus – New York NY) Yiddish-American poet, aka Tsilye Drapkin

1890s

Rose Blumkin (03 dec 1893 – 07 aug 1998 | Belarus – Omaha NB) aka Mrs. B., businesswoman, her motto: sell cheap and tell the truth, founded Nebraska Furniture Mart [1937], created largest home furnishing store in North America