Anna Jarvis (May 1, 1864 – November 24, 1948) created the holiday in the United States, but she would come to regret her invention.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and this week’s Remarkable Women are Mamie and Mary Tape. Mamie was eight years -old when she made history. In 1884, her parents, Mary and Joseph Tape, sued a California school system for refusing to admit her because she was of Chinese descent. They won the case, but it was a bittersweet victory.

Dorothy Eustis changed the lives of thousands of blind people when she founded the oldest guide dog organization in the United States. This week we celebrate International Guide Dog Day on April 26, 2023.

To mark Earth Day which is celebrated this week, our Remarkable Woman of the Week is marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, born May 27, 1907. Called the “mother of the environmental movement,” her 1962 book, Silent Spring exposed the dangers of the pesticide DDT.

Vesta Stoudt, (born this week on April 13, 1906) was a mother of invention when she came up with the idea for using duct tape during World War II.

Virginia Hall, one of the greatest secret agents of World War II was born 117 years ago this week on April 6, 1906.

March is the month when the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race is held in Alaska and this week’s RW is Libby Riddles, the first woman to win the race in 1985.

World Math Day or Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. This week’s RW of the Week is Countess Augusta Ada Lovelace, a mathematical genius who wrote the first computer program in 1843.

Josephine Cochrane, born March 8, 1839, invented and patented the dishwasher, an appliance used by millions of people today.

Alice Paul, born Jan. 11, 1885 was an iconic leader of the American Suffrage Movement. Despite being jailed and tortured in prison, Paul never stopped fighting for passage of the 19th Amendment and the still not passed, Equal Rights Amendment.

Anna Murray Douglass, born March 8, 1813 was the first wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. She helped him escape from slavery and supported him throughout her life.

Louvenia “Kitty” Black Perkins, born Feb. 13, 1948, is an African American toy designer who created the first Black Barbie doll in 1980.

From indentured slave to dressmaker and confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckley led an extraordinary life

At age six, Ann Axtell was asked what she wanted to do when she grew up. She replied, “to dig for buried treasure, explore among the Indians, paint pictures, wear a gun, and go to college.”

Cornelia Fort, born Feb. 5, 1919, was the only female pilot flying over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when her plane was hit by Japanese gunfire.

Bessie Coleman, born Jan. 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, was the first American woman of color to earn a pilot’s license.

The woman who would one day be called a hero of the COVID pandemic, grew up in a two-room house in a small village about two hours east of Budapest, Hungary.