Influential women in Colorado history
Doc Susie Anderson, prominent Cripple Creek doctor
Lena Archuleta, Hispanic educator
Morley Ballantine, Durango publisher
Helen Bonfils, philanthropist
Clara Brown, first black woman to cross the Plains during the Gold Rush
Molly Brown, unsinkable philanthropist, activist
Ellie Caulkins, philanthropist, opera and arts leader
Chipeta, Native American woman who negotiated between tribes and whites
Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holly and Frances Klock, the first female state legislators in the U.S., all Republicans from Colorado
Evie Dennis, lawmaker and advocate for equality
Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, world-class athlete
Elizabeth Ensley, suffragist who rallied male African-American support in Colorado
Emily Griffith, of opportunity school fame
Ellis Meredith, journalist, suffragist
Rachel Noel, first African-American elected to public office in Colorado
Sue O’Brien, former Denver Post editorial page editor, press secretary for Gov. Dick Lamm, and campaign director for Gov. Roy Romer’s first gubernatorial campaign
Helen Ring Robinson, one of the first female state senators in the U.S.
Caroline Spencer, organized the suffrage movement in Colorado
Arie Taylor, first female African-American elected to Colorado House
Florence Sabin, medical pioneer
