Happy 4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July to all the American women who have worked to make our country what it is today. From activists and ground-breaking scientists to Supreme Court Justices and representatives, Our Secure Future is happy to celebrate the accomplishments of American women from all walks of life.

From top left, clockwise:

Susan B. Anthony, suffragette, photo courtesy the Library of Congress;

Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activistl photo by Tom Hilton;

Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Wikimedia;

Eleanor Roosevelt, US delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights and First Lady, photo courtesy United Nations Photo;

Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr; 

Supreme Court Justices O'Conner, Sotomayor, Ginsberg, and Kagan;

Patsy Mink, first woman of color to be elected to US Congress

Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and activist,Photo courtesy the Library of Congress;

Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space