American author of the Little House series of children’s books based on her childhood.
Caroline Ingalls
Mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie.
Ruth Ann Minner
Delaware’s first female governor and the longest serving female governor in American history.
Dale Evans
Writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the second wife of late mason Roy Rogers.
Carrie Ingalls Swanzey
The third child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls.
Martha Griffiths
American lawyer and judge elected to the House of Representatives in 1954. She was also most responsible for including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title VII in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Clara Barton
American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having a “strong and independent spirit” and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.
Rosa Parks
African American civil rights activist who in 1955 refused to obey a bus driver’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Harry Truman
33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As the 34th vice president, he succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than three months after he began his fourth term.
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, wife of late Mason President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Appointed delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952.
Maxine Waters
Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing California’s 35th congressional district.
Colleen Dewhurst
Canadian actress and wife of late Mason George C. Scott.
Everett Dirksen
Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Pekin, Illinois. Elected senate minority leader in 1959.
