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Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

She was born in Johnston, New York on November 12, 1850. She attended Emma Willard Academy and later studied law with her father Judge Daniel Cady although she was not admitted to the bar because of her gender. She was the writer of the Declaration of Sentiments and the president of the radical group National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Lucretia Mott

Born on January 3, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusets she was an anti-slaverist as well as a suffrage pioneer.Along with Elizabeth Stanton she launched the Seneca Falls Convention.

Susan B. Anthony

Susan was a teacher and came to the realization that women were not treated equally when she discovered that male teachers were making several times her salary. Elizabeth and Susan formed the radical group National Women Suffrage Association. She was arrested in 1872 for illegally voting and fined 100 dollars which she never paid a penny of. She died in 1906 and at her last women's convention the phrase "Failure is impossible" will remain infamous.

Carrie Chapmann Catt

Carrie was raised in Iowa and attended Iowa State College. She was a superintendent and principal of Iowa State College, which was an odd position for women to hold at that time. Her first husband was Leo Chapman and her second husband was George Catt. In 1915 Carrie became head of the Naional American Women Suffrage Association.