Women on US stamps

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 it was issued in 1902.[3][4] In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and 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]

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

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

WomenYearNotable for
Isabella I of Castile1893Her patronage of Christopher Columbus made his trips to the New World possible.
Martha Washington 1902First First Lady of the United States.
Pocahontas1907The Powhatan princess who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
Molly Pitcher1928Mary Hayes McCauley earned the name Molly Pitcher by carrying water to the men in the battle of Monmouth in 1778.
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 Willard 1940Educator, reformer, lecturer, and women's suffrage supporter.
Jane Addams 1940Founder of Hull House in Chicago, a social welfare center.
Clara Barton1948Founded the American Red Cross.
Juliette Gordon Low 1948Founded the Girl Scouts of the USA.
Moina Michael 1948Initiated the Veterans of Foreign Wars fundraising drive, selling red poppies in 1915.
Betsy Ross1952America's most famous flagmaker.
Sacagawea 1954Shoshone guide who led the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804.
Amelia Earhart 1963First woman to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1963, 1984, 1998American diplomat, writer, social reformer, and First Lady to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mary Cassatt 1966, 1988American painter best known for her works of mothers and children.
Lucy Stone1968Nineteenth 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 Blackwell1973First 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 Tubman1978Leader 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 Sullivan1980Famous student who overcame tremendous handicaps and her extraordinary teacher.
Dolley Madison1980First 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 Millay1981American poet whose work was first published when she was just 14 years old.
Babe 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 Moller 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 Lockwood1986First woman candidate for president.
Margaret Mitchell1986Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for Gone with the Wind.
Sojourner Truth1986Born 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.
Evelyn Nesbit1989American chorus girl, artists' model, actress and controversial historical figure.
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 B. Wells 1990Civil rights activist who cofounded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman1990Olympic gold medalist credited with doing more to build American and international women's tennis than any other player.
Fanny Brice1991Singer and comedian 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 Cline1993Popular American country singer.
Sara Carter Maybelle Carter Carter Family1993Pioneers of American country music.
Grace Kelly1993American film actress.
Dinah Washington1993"Queen of the Blues".
Clara Bow, ZaSu Pitts, Theda Bara1994Silent 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 Merman1994Famous American singers.
Annie Oakley1994American sharpshooter.
Virginia Apgar1994Doctor who developed a newborn assessment method.
Ruth Benedict1995American anthropologist.
Mary Boykin Chesnut, Phoebe Pember1995Heroic Confederate women.
Bessie Coleman1995First woman to earn an international pilot's license.
Alice Hamilton1995Pioneer in industrial medicine.
Marilyn Monroe 1995American film actor.
Alice Paul1995Founder of National Women's Party and author of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Jacqueline Cochran1996Pioneer pilot who had more than 200 aviation records, firsts, and awards. She was the first woman to break the sound barrier.
Georgia O'Keeffe1996Abstract American painter. Her most famous and popular works are of huge flowers.
Dorothy Fields1997Popular songwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. She wrote the words for "On the Sunny Side of the Street".
Lily Pons1997Opera singers.
Rosa Ponselle
Women in the military1997This stamp honored the nearly 2 million women have served and are serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Mary Breckinridge1998Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service.
Mahalia Jackson, Roberta Martin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward1998Gospel singers.
Margaret Mead1998Famous anthropologist who studied child rearing, personality, and culture, mainly in the South Pacific.
Madam C. J. Walker1998African American who became one of the wealthiest women in the 1910s by developing and selling hair care products.
Ayn Rand1999Author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Patricia Roberts Harris2000Lawyer and political adviser; in 1977 she became the first African American woman named to a presidential cabinet.
Louise Nevelson2000Twentieth-century American sculptor who worked with wood, metals, and found objects.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway2001First woman elected to U.S. Senate.
Rose O'Neill2001American illustrator.
Lucille Ball2001Famed American comedian and actress.
Frida Kahlo2001Influential Mexican artist.
Nellie Bly, Marguerite Higgins, Ethel L. Payne, Ida Tarbell2002Journalists
Zora Neale Hurston2003African American novelist in the Harlem Renaissance
Audrey Hepburn2003Film actress and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
Mary Cassatt2003American artist known for her portraits of motherhood
Agnes de Mille , Martha Graham2004Choreographers
Wilma Rudolph2004Track and field star
Marian Anderson2005Opera singer who was the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Greta Garbo2005Actress of the silver screen
Hattie McDaniel2006Singer and actress who was the first African-American to win an Oscar
Frances E. Willis2006Diplomat
Judy Garland2006Actress and singer, star of The Wizard of Oz
Ella Fitzgerald2007Jazz singer
Gerty Cori2008Biochemist
Bette Davis2008Actress
Martha Gellhorn2008Journalist who covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings2008Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yearling
Mary Church Terrell2009Civil rights and women's rights activist
Mary White Ovington2009Civil rights activist
Daisy Bates2009Civil rights activist
Fannie Lou Hamer2009Civil rights activist
Ella Baker2009Civil rights activist
Ruby Hurley2009Civil rights activist
Mary Lasker2009Health activist and philanthropist
Anna J. Cooper2009African-American scholar
Lucille Ball2009Actress
Vivian Vance2009Actress
Dinah Shore2009Entertainer
Fran Allison2009Actress
Gracie Allen2009Entertainer
Harriet Nelson2009Actress
Katharine Hepburn2010Entertainer
Kate Smith2010Singer
Mother Teresa2010Religious figure
Julia de Burgos2010Poet
Carmen Miranda2011Latin music legend
Selena2011Latin music legend
Celia Cruz2011Latin music legend
Oveta Culp Hobby2011First secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps
Helen Hayes2011Actor
Maria Goeppert Mayer2011Scientist
Greta von Nessen2011Industrial designer
Barbara Jordan2011American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Elizabeth Bishop2012Poet
Gwendolyn Brooks2012Poet
Denise Levertov2012Poet
Sylvia Plath2012Poet
Édith Piaf2012Singer
Isadora Duncan2012Choreographer
Katherine Dunham2012Choreographer
Lady Bird Johnson2012First Lady
Rosa Parks2013Civil rights activist
Georgia O'Keeffe2013Artist
Lydia Mendoza2013Latin music legend
Althea Gibson2013Tennis player
Shirley Chisholm2014Politician - first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Janis Joplin2014Singer and songwriter
Julia Child2014Chef, author, television personality
Joyce Chen2014Chef, author, television personality
Edna Lewis2014Chef, author
Maya Angelou2015Poet, author and civil rights activist
Flannery O'Connor2015Writer
Ingrid Bergman2015Actress
Sarah Vaughan2016Singer
Shirley Temple2016Actress, later businesswoman and diplomat
Dorothy Height2017Civil rights and women's rights activist
Lena Horne2018Singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist
Sally Ride2018Astronaut, engineer, physicist

[12][13]

References
  1. "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. http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Women.pdf
  12. "Women Who Left Their Stamps on History".

Women Subjects on United States Postage Stamps

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.