Women on US stamps

Queen Isabella ~ Christopher Columbus
Issue of 1893
The first Martha Washington postage stamp, issue 1902.

The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp.[1] Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage.[1][2] The first US stamp honoring an American woman honored Martha Washington, and was issued in 1902.[3][4] In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and indeed the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp.[5] In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a US stamp.[6] In 2001, Frida Kahlo became the first Hispanic woman to be honored on a US stamp, though she was Mexican not American.[7][8]

Groups of women have also been honored on US stamps, for example Gold Star Mothers (1948) and "Women In Our Armed Services" (1952).[9][10]

There are also generic, unnamed women who appear on US stamps, such as a woman marching with men for the National Recovery Act (1933).[11]

US stamps have also depicted female goddesses and allegories, such as personifications of liberty.[11]

List of women on US stamps

This list can be expanded with women stamps from here

Women Year Notable for
Isabella of Spain 1893Her patronage of Christopher Columbus made his trips to the New World possible.
Martha Washington 1902First First Lady of the United States.
Pocahontas 1907The Powhatan princess who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
Molly Pitcher 1928Mary Hayes McCauley earned the name Molly Pitcher by carrying water to the men in the battle of Monmouth in 1778.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1930, 1984, 1998American diplomat, writer, social reformer, and First Lady to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Susan B. Anthony 1936, 1955Feminist who spent more than 50 years fighting for women's rights.
Virginia Dare 1937First European child born on American soil, in 1587.
Louisa May Alcott 1940American author famous for her books Little Women and Little Men.
Frances E. Willard 1940Educator, reformer, lecturer, and women's suffrage supporter.
Jane Addams 1940Founder of Hull House in Chicago, a social welfare center.
Clara Barton 1948Founded the American Red Cross.
Juliette Gordon Low 1948Founded the Girl Scouts of America.
Moina Michael 1948Initiated the Veterans of Foreign Wars fundraising drive, selling red poppies in 1915.
Betsy Ross 1952America's most famous flagmaker.
Sacajawea 1954Shoshone guide who led the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804.
Amelia Earhart 1963First woman to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Mary Cassatt 1966, 1988American painter best known for her works of mothers and children.
Lucy Stone 1968Nineteenth century abolitionist and women's rights leader.
Grandma Moses 1969Anna Mary Robertson Moses took up painting at the age of 76. She continued to paint until her death at age 101.
Emily Dickinson 1971American poet who wrote more than 1,700 poems.
Willa Cather 1973Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
Elizabeth Blackwell 1973First woman physician in the U.S.
Sybil Ludington 1975Sixteen-year-old Revolutionary War hero.
Clara Maass 1976Twenty-five-year-old U.S. Army nurse who advanced medical science when she volunteered to be bitten by a mosquito carrying yellow fever.
Harriet Tubman 1978Leader of the Underground Railroad, which brought slaves to freedom.
Emily Bissell 1980Leader in the fight against tuberculosis who introduced Christmas seals in the United States.
Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan 1980Famous student who overcame tremendous handicaps and her extraordinary teacher.
Dolley Madison 1980First Lady who saved White House treasures during the capture of the capital by the British in 1814.
Frances Perkins 1980First woman member of the presidential Cabinet (Secretary of Labor) appointed by F.D. Roosevelt.
Edith Wharton 1980Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist known for her novels Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.
Rachel Carson 1981The publication of her book Silent Spring in 1961 touched off a major controversy over the effects of pesticide.
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1981American poet whose work was first published when she was just 14 years old.
Mildred Didrikson Zaharias 1981One of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. She excelled in track, golf, baseball, and basketball.
Mary Walker 1982Devoted herself to the care and treatment of the sick and wounded during the Civil War.
Dorothea Dix 1983Nineteenth-century crusader for the poor and mentally handicapped.
Pearl S. Buck 1983Author of more than 100 books, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth.
Lillian M. Gilbreth 1984Engineering pioneer who analyzed how tasks are done, hoping to increase the efficiency of workers.
Abigail Adams 1985First Lady to John Adams, she influenced American politics through her letters to her husband.
Mary McLeod Bethune 1985Educator and social activist who founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, currently known as Bethune-Cookman College.
Belva Ann Lockwood 1986First woman candidate for president.
Margaret Mitchell 1986Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for Gone with the Wind.
Sojourner Truth 1986Born Isabella Baumfree, she was the first black woman to speak publicly against slavery.
Julia Ward Howe 1987Composer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Mary Lyon 1987Education pioneer who founded Mount Holyoke College.
Helene Madison 1990A gold medalist in the 1932 Olympic Games in swimming.
Marianne Moore 1990Poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for her Collected Poems.
Ida Wells 1990Civil rights activist who cofounded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Hazel Wightman 1990Olympic gold medalist credited with doing more to build American and international women's tennis than any other player.
Fanny Brice 1991Singer and comedienne who created the “Baby Snooks” radio character.
Harriet Quimby 1991First American woman pilot to fly the English Channel.
Dorothy Parker 1992Poet and short story writer.
Patsy Cline 1993Popular American country singer.
Grace Kelly 1993American film actress.
Dinah Washington 1993“Queen of the Blues.”
Clara Bow, ZaSu Pitts, Theda Bara 1994Silent film actresses.
Nellie Cashman 1994The “Angel of Tombstone,” an anti-violence advocate who raised orphans and campaigned against public hanging.
Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Ethel Merman 1994Famous American singers.
Annie Oakley 1994American sharpshooter.
Virginia Apgar 1994Doctor who developed a newborn assessment method.
Ruth Benedict 1995American anthropologist.
Mary Chesnut, Phoebe Pember 1995Heroic Confederate women.
Bessie Coleman 1995First woman to earn an international pilot's license.
Alice Hamilton 1995Pioneer in industrial medicine.
Marilyn Monroe 1995American film actor.
Alice Paul 1995Founder of National Women's Party and author of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Jacqueline Cochran 1996Pioneer pilot who had more than 200 aviation records, firsts, and awards. She was the first woman to break the sound barrier.
Georgia O'Keeffe 1996Abstract American painter. Her most famous and popular works are of huge flowers.
Dorothy Fields 1997Popular song writer of the 1920s and 1930s. She wrote the words for “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”
Lily Pons 1997Opera singers.
Rosa Ponselle
Women in Military Service 1997This stamp honored the nearly 2 million women have have served and are serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Mary Breckinridge 1998Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service.
Mahalia Jackson, Roberta Martin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward 1998Gospel singers.
Margaret Mead 1998Famous anthropologist who studied child rearing, personality, and culture, mainly in the South Pacific.
Madame C. J. Walker 1998African American who became one of the wealthiest women in the 1910s by developing and selling hair care products.
Ayn Rand 1999Author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Patricia Roberts Harris 2000Lawyer and political adviser; in 1977 she became the first African American woman named to a presidential cabinet.
Louise Nevelson 2000Twentieth-century American sculptor who worked with wood, metals, and found objects.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway 2001First woman elected to U.S. Senate.
Rose O'Neill 2001American illustrator.
Lucille Ball 2001Famed American comedienne and actress.
Frida Kahlo 2001Influential Mexican artist.
Nellie Bly, Marguerite Higgins, Ethel Payne, Ida Tarbell 2002Journalists
Zora Neale Hurston 2003African American novelist in the Harlem Renaissance
Audrey Hepburn 2003Film actress and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
Mary Cassatt 2003American artist known for her portraits of motherhood
Agnes de Mille , Martha Graham 2004Choreographers
Wilma Rudolph 2004Track and field star
Marian Anderson 2005Opera singer who was the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Greta Garbo 2005Actress of the silver screen
Hattie McDaniel 2006Singer and actress who was the first African-American to win an Oscar
Frances E. Willis 2006Diplomat
Judy Garland 2006Actress and singer, star of The Wizard of Oz
Ella Fitzgerald 2007Jazz singer
Gerty Cori 2008biochemist
Bette Davis 2008actress
Martha Gellhorn 2008journalist who covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 2008Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yearling
Mary Eliza Church Terrell 2009civil rights and women's rights activist
Mary White Ovington 2009civil rights activist
Daisy Gatson Bates 2009civil rights activist
Fannie Lou Hamer 2009civil rights activist
Ella Baker 2009civil rights activist
Ruby Hurley 2009civil rights activist
Mary Lasker 2009health activist and philanthropist
Anna Cooper 2009African-American scholar
Lucille Ball 2009actress
Vivian Vance 2009actress
Dinah Shore 2009entertainer
Fran Allison 2009actress
Gracie Allen 2009entertainer
Harriet Nelson 2009actress
Katharine Hepburn 2010entertainer
Kate Smith 2010singer
Mother Teresa 2010religious figure
Julia de Burgos 2010poet
Carmen Miranda 2011Latin music legend
Selena 2011Latin music legend
Celia Cruz 2011Latin music legend
Oveta Culp Hobby 2011first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps
Helen Hayes 2011actor
Maria Goeppert Mayer 2011scientist
Greta von Nessen 2011industrial designer
Barbara Jordan 2011American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement
Elizabeth Bishop 2012poet
Gwendolyn Brooks 2012poet
Denise Levertov 2012poet
Sylvia Plath 2012poet
Edith Piaf 2012singer
Isadora Duncan 2012choreographer
Katherine Dunham 2012choreographer
Lady Bird Johnson 2012First Lady
Rosa Parks 2013Civil Rights activist

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External links

Women Subjects on United States Postage Stamps

References

  1. 1 2 "Leaving Their Stamp on History".
  2. ↑ Edwards, John. Ferdinand and Isabella. Pearson Education Limited, 2005, p. 119
  3. ↑ "Martha Washington".
  4. ↑ "Women Who Left Their Stamp On U.S. Philatelic History". Mode.
  5. ↑ "Postage Stamps - Postal Facts".
  6. ↑ United States Postal Service. "Publication 354 - African Americans on Stamps".
  7. ↑ Klein, Adam G. (2005). Frida Kahlo. Edina, Minn.: ABDO Pub. Co. ISBN 9781596797314. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "'Love' stamp a highlight of 2001". LJWorld.com.
  9. ↑ "Leaving Their Stamp on History".
  10. ↑ "Leaving Their Stamp on History".
  11. 1 2 http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Women.pdf
  12. ↑ "Women Who Left Their Stamps on History".
  13. ↑
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