Here are ten women whose contributions you know even if their names remain unknown. During the run-up to the American Revolution, she reported on its early battles, reprinted Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, and encouraged women to boycott British goods. After losing her father at age twelve, she went to work in a Manchester, New Hampshire, textile mill. Her simple yet powerful design for a V-shaped wall now inscribed with more than 58,000 names only earned her a B on her assignment. But quite likely, someone you know is able to read these words because of it.

Source: The Nation March 12, 2022 20:06 UTC