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pocahontas
Pocahontas (c.1595-1617)
Daughter of Powhattan chief
Unidentified artist, English school, after the 1616 engraving by Simone Van De Passe
Oil on canvas, after 1616
Transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the Andrew W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880)
Reformer
Joseph Kyle (1815-1863)
Oil on canvas, 1842
Gift of Mrs. Alan Valentine


Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind (1820-1887)
singer
Frances Bicknell Carpenter (1830-1900)
Oil on canvas, 1852
Gift of Eleanor Morein Foster in honor of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton

charlotte cushman
Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876)
Actress
William Page (1811-1885)
Oil on canvas, 1853


dorothea dix
Dorothea Lynde Dix (1893-1956)
(1802-1887)
Reformer
Samuel Bell Waugh (1814-1885)
Oil on canvas, 1868
Transfer from St. Elizabeth's Hospital Museum

Cecilia Beaux
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
Artist
self-portrait
Oil on canvas, 1868


elizabeth cady stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Reformer
Elizabeth Anna Klumpke (1856-1942)
Oil on canvas, 1889
Transfer from the National Museum of American History; gift of the National American Women's Suffrage Association through Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, 1924

Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)
Founder of Christian Science
Luella Varney Serrao (1865-after 1935)
Marble, 1889
Gift of Calvin C. Hill and Mrs. Frances Thompson Hill

susan b anthony
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Suffragist
Adelaide Johnson (1859-1955)
Bronze, 1972 cast after 1892 marble


consuelo vanderbilt
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964)
Socialite
Paul Cesar Hellu ( )
Drypoint, 1900?
Partial gift of Kathryn S. and John J. A. Michel

alice roosevelt longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
Socialite
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)
Platinum print, 1906
Gift of Joanna Sturm

jane addams
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Reforomer
George De Forest Brush (1855-1941)
Oil on canvas,1906
Gallery purchase and gift of Mrs. Nancy Pierce York and Mrs. Grace Pierce Forbes



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