Women on US stamps

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4-dollar Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus Stamp, Issued 1893.The first portrait of a woman on a US postage stamp. Columbian244b-4$.jpg
4-dollar Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus Stamp, Issued 1893. The first portrait of a woman on a US postage stamp.
The Toni Morrison Forever Stamp, Issued 2023. Toni Morrison Stamp.png
The Toni Morrison Forever Stamp, Issued 2023.
8-cent Martha Washington Stamp, Issued 1902 The first stamp featuring an American women. Martha Washington22 1903 Issue-8c.jpg
8-cent Martha Washington Stamp, Issued 1902 The first stamp featuring an American women.

The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [4] Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage. [4] [5] The first US stamp honoring an American woman honored Martha Washington, and it was issued in 1902. [6] [7] In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp. [8] In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a US stamp. [9] In 2001, Frida Kahlo became the first Hispanic woman to be honored on a US stamp, though she was Mexican not American. [10] [11]

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Groups of women have also been honored on US stamps, for example Gold Star Mothers (1948) and "Women In Our Armed Services" (1952). [12] [13]

There are also generic, unnamed women who appear on US stamps, such as a woman marching with men for the National Recovery Act (1933). [14]

US stamps have also depicted female goddesses and allegories, such as personifications of liberty. [14]

Approval process

Since 1957, the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) has worked as the sole group responsible for selecting and recommending subjects to be featured on U.S. stamps. Members of the committee are appointed by the Postmaster General [15] . There are 11 members on the committee, currently three women and 8 men.

Forever Stamps

First sold in April 2007, Forever Stamps can be used to mail a one-ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future. In 2011, all first-class, one ounce stamps became Forever Stamps and all commemorative stamps began being issued as Forever Stamps.

Categorization of Stamps

The U.S. Postal Service classifies many stamps featuring groups, artwork, works of literature, and social efforts and awareness campaigns as "women stamps". Among these groups are the artwork of Mary Cassatt (featured five times), the Nursing stamp, and the Breast Cancer Awareness Month stamp.

List of women on US stamps

This list can be expanded with women stamps from here [16]

WomenYearNotable for
Isabella I of Castile 1893Queen Isabella appeared with Christopher Columbus on a 4-dollar stamp. Her portrait is the first portrait of a woman to appear on a US postage stamp. [17]
Martha Washington 1902, 1923, 1938First First Lady of the United States
Pocahontas 1907Pocahontas was a Native American woman and a member of the Native American group Powhatans. She was an intermediary between the Native Americans and the nearby English colonists. She was taken captive by colonists, which culminated in 150 armed colonists going to Powhatan to demand ransom, burn down villages, and kill Native American men. [18] Issued as a part of the Jamestown Exposition Issue. [19]
Molly Pitcher 1928The nickname of a woman, whose identity is not definitively known, who is said to have fought in the American Revolutionary War
Susan B. Anthony 1936, 1955American feminist, social reformer, and civil rights activist
Virginia Dare 1937First European child born on American soil
Louisa May Alcott 1940American author, best known for writing Little Women and Little Men
Frances Willard 1940American educator, reformer, lecturer, and women's suffrage supporter
Jane Addams 1940American social worker and reformer, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, a social welfare center
Clara Barton 1948, 1995Founder of the American Red Cross
Juliette Gordon Low 1948Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
Moina Michael 1948Initiated the Veterans of Foreign Wars fundraising drive selling red poppies in 1915
Betsy Ross 1952American upholsterer credited with creating the first official flag of the United States
Sacagawea 1954, 1994Shoshone guide who assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804
Amelia Earhart 1963American pilot, first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean
Eleanor Roosevelt 1963, 1984, 1998American diplomat, writer, social reformer, and First Lady of the United States
Mary Cassatt 1966, 1988, 1998American painter best known for her works of mothers and children
Lucy Stone 1968Nineteenth century abolitionist and women's rights leader
Grandma Moses 1969American painter who took up painting at the age of 76
Emily Dickinson 1971American poet who wrote more than 1,700 poems
Willa Cather 1973American novelist
Elizabeth Blackwell 1973American physician, the first female physician in the U.S.
Sybil Ludington 1975American-born heroine of the American Revolutionary War
Clara Maass 1976American nurse best known for having died as a volunteer for yellow fever medical experiments
Harriet Tubman 1978, 1995American abolitionist and social activist who was part of the Underground Railroad
Emily Bissell 1980American social worker and activist best known for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States
Helen Keller 1980American author and disability rights advocate
Anne Sullivan 1980American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller
Dolley Madison 1980First Lady of the United States
Frances Perkins 1980American workers-rights advocate and fourth United States Secretary of Labor, the first female to hold a cabinet-level position in the United States government
Edith Wharton 1980American novelist best known for her novels Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence
Rachel Carson 1981American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist, best known for writing Silent Spring in advance of the environmental movement
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1981American poet
Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1981American multi-sport athlete
Mary Walker 1982American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon, the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor
Dorothea Dix 1983American advocate for the indigent mentally ill
Pearl S. Buck 1983American writer and novelist, best known for the novel, The Good Earth
Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1984American psychologist and industrial engineer, a pioneer in the field of time-and-motion studies
Abigail Adams 1985First Lady of the United States
Mary McLeod Bethune 1985American educator, social activist, and founder of the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, now known as Bethune-Cookman College
Belva Ann Lockwood 1986American politician, the first female candidate for President of the United States
Margaret Mitchell 1986American novelist and journalist, best known for the novel Gone with the Wind
Sojourner Truth 1986Born Isabella Baumfree, she was the first black woman to speak publicly against slavery.
Julia Ward Howe 1987Composer of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Mary Lyon 1987Education pioneer who founded Mount Holyoke College.
Evelyn Nesbit 1989American chorus girl, artists' model, actress and controversial historical figure.
Helene Madison 1990A gold medalist in the 1932 Olympic Games in swimming.
Marianne Moore 1990Poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for her Collected Poems.
Ida B. Wells 1990Civil rights activist who cofounded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1990Olympic gold medalist credited with doing more to build American and international women's tennis than any other player.
Fanny Brice 1991Singer and comedian who created the "Baby Snooks" radio character.
Harriet Quimby 1991First American woman pilot to fly the English Channel.
Dorothy Parker 1992Poet and short story writer
Patsy Cline 1993Popular American country singer
Sara Carter and Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family 1993Pioneers of American country music
Grace Kelly 1993American film actress
Dinah Washington 1993"Queen of the Blues"
Clara Bow 1994Silent film actress
ZaSu Pitts 1994Silent film actress
Theda Bara 1994Silent film actresse
Nellie Cashman 1994The "Angel of Tombstone", an anti-violence advocate who raised orphans and campaigned against public hanging
Ethel Waters 1994American jazz, swing, and pop singer and actress
Bessie Smith 1994American blues singer
Billie Holiday 1994American jazz and swing singer
Mildred Bailey 1994Native American jazz singer
Ethel Merman 1994American actress and singer of musical comedy
Annie Oakley 1994American sharpshooter
Virginia Apgar 1994Doctor who developed a newborn assessment method
Ruth Benedict 1995American anthropologist
Mary Boykin Chesnut 1995American Civil War author
Phoebe Pember 1995American nurse and hospital administrator for Confederate States military hospital
Bessie Coleman 1995First woman to earn an international pilot's license
Alice Hamilton 1995Pioneer in industrial medicine
Marilyn Monroe 1995American film actor
Alice Paul 1995Founder of National Women's Party and author of the Equal Rights Amendment
Jacqueline Cochran 1996Pioneer pilot who had more than 200 aviation records, firsts, and awards. She was the first woman to break the sound barrier
Georgia O'Keeffe 1996, 2013American-born abstract painter
Dorothy Fields 1996Popular songwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. She wrote the words for "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
Lily Pons 1997French-American operatic soprano and actress
Rosa Ponselle 1997American operatic soprano
Women in the military 1997This stamp honored the nearly 2 million women have served and are serving in the U.S. armed forces
Mary Breckinridge 1998Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service
Mahalia Jackson 1998American gospel singer
Roberta Martin 1998American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger, and choral organizer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1998American singer and guitarist
Clara Ward 1998American gospel singers
Margaret Mead 1998Famous anthropologist who studied child rearing, personality, and culture, mainly in the South Pacific
Madam C. J. Walker 1998African American who became one of the wealthiest women in the 1910s by developing and selling hair care products
Ayn Rand 1999Author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
Patricia Roberts Harris 2000Lawyer and political adviser; in 1977 she became the first African American woman named to a presidential cabinet
Louise Nevelson 2000Twentieth-century American sculptor who worked with wood, metals, and found objects
Hattie Wyatt Caraway 2001First woman elected to U.S. Senate
Rose O'Neill 2001American illustrator
Lucille Ball 1999, 2001, 2009American comedian and actress
Frida Kahlo 2001Mexican artist
Nellie Bly 2002American journalist best known for her 72-day trip around the globe
Marguerite Higgins 2002American reporter and war correspondent
Ethel L. Payne 2002American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent
Ida Tarbell 2002American writer, journalist, and lecturer, famous as a muckraking reporter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Zora Neale Hurston 2003African American novelist in the Harlem Renaissance
Audrey Hepburn 2003Film actress and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
Mary Cassatt 1988, 2003American artist known for her portraits of motherhood
Agnes Lee and her daughter Peggy2002American author and, with her daughter, the subject of a photograph by American photographer Gertrude Käsebier featured on a US postage stamp
Florence Owens Thompson 1998American depression-era woman who was the subject of a photograph by American photographer Dorothea Lange entitled "Migrant Mother" which was featured on a US postage stamp
Ida Pabst2002Daughter-in-law of Frederick Pabst (the German-American brewer for whom Pabst Brewing Company was named) and the subject of a portrait by American photographer Imogen Cunningham which was featured on a US postage stamp
Agnes de Mille 2004American dancer and choreographer
Martha Graham 2004American modern dancer and choreographer
Wilma Rudolph 2004Track and field star
Marian Anderson 2005Opera singer who was the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Greta Garbo 2005Actress of the silver screen
Hattie McDaniel 2006Singer and actress who was the first African-American to win an Oscar
Frances E. Willis 2006Diplomat
Judy Garland 2006Actress and singer, star of The Wizard of Oz
Ella Fitzgerald 2007Jazz singer
Gerty Cori 2008Biochemist
Maria Goeppert Mayer 2008Nuclear physicist
Bette Davis 2008American actress
Martha Gellhorn 2008Journalist who covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 2008Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yearling
Mary Church Terrell 2009Civil rights and women's rights activist
Mary White Ovington 2009Civil rights activist
Daisy Bates 2009Civil rights activist
Fannie Lou Hamer 2009Civil rights activist
Ella Baker 2009Civil rights activist
Ruby Hurley 2009Civil rights activist
Mary Lasker 2009Health activist and philanthropist
Anna J. Cooper 2009African-American scholar
Vivian Vance 2009American actress and singer
Dinah Shore 2009American singer, actress, and television personality
Fran Allison 2009American comedian, singer, and TV and radio personality
Gracie Allen 2009American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian
Harriet Nelson 2009American singer and actress
Katharine Hepburn 2010American actress
Kate Smith 2010American contralto singer
Mother Teresa 2010Albanian-born Indian Catholic nun canonized as a Catholic saint in 2016, best known for her life devoted to charitable work
Julia de Burgos 2010Puerto Rican pro-independence poet
Carmen Miranda 2011Portuguese-born Brazilian-American samba singer, dancer, and actress
Selena 2011American Tejano singer
Celia Cruz 2011Cuban-American singer
Oveta Culp Hobby 2011First secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps
Helen Hayes 2011American actress
Maria Goeppert Mayer 2011German-born American theoretical physicist
Greta von Nessen 2011Swedish-born American industrial designer
Barbara Jordan 2011American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Elizabeth Bishop 2012American poet and short-story author
Gwendolyn Brooks 2012American poet, author, and teacher
Denise Levertov 2012British-born American poet
Sylvia Plath 2012American poet and author
Édith Piaf 2012French singer
Isadora Duncan 2012American dancer and choreographer
Katherine Dunham 2012American dancer and choreographer
Lady Bird Johnson 2012First Lady of the United States
Rosa Parks 2013Civil rights activist
Lydia Mendoza 2013Latin music legend
Althea Gibson 2013Tennis player
Shirley Chisholm 2014Politician - first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Janis Joplin 2014Singer and songwriter
Julia Child 2014Chef, author, television personality
Joyce Chen 2014Chef, author, television personality
Edna Lewis 2014Chef, author
Maya Angelou 2015Poet, author and civil rights activist
Flannery O'Connor 2015Writer
Ingrid Bergman 2015Actress
Sarah Vaughan 2016Singer
Shirley Temple 2016Actress, later businesswoman and diplomat
Dorothy Height 2017Civil rights and women's rights activist
Lena Horne 2018Singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist
Sally Ride 2018Astronaut, engineer, physicist
Gwen Ifill 2020Journalist; first African-American woman to host a major political talk show: PBS's "Washington Week in Review" in 1999 [20]
Chien-Shiung Wu 2021Nuclear physicist
Edmonia Lewis 2022Sculptor; first African-American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition [21]
Eugenie Clark 2022American ichthyologist
Nancy Reagan 2022First Lady of the United States
Anna McNeill Whistler 1934Mother of American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Blanche Scott 1980Inventor and pioneering aviator
Ethel Barrymore 1982American film actress
Lila Acheson Wallace 1998American magazine publisher and philanthropist; co-founder of Reader's Digest
Lynn Fontanne 1999English actress
Neysa McMein 2001American illustrator and portrait painter
Enda Ferber 2002American author of novels, short stories, and plays
Barbara McClintock 2005American genetecist
Katherine Anne Porter 2006American author and journalist
Margaret Chase Smith 2007American Congresswoman and Senator from Maine, the first woman to serve in both houses of the US Congress
Harriet Beecher Stowe 2007American author and abolitionist, best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin
Freda Josephine Baker 2008Josephine Baker was an African American dancer, activist, and spy during World War II. She succeeded as a dancer in Vaudeville shows in the United States and participated in the Harlem Renaissance. She eventually moved to Paris, where she became a widely sought-after performer. Her performances used African themes and styles. During World War II, she helped the French military by passing on secrets she learned while performing. [22]
Women Cryptologists of World War II2022Honoring the around 11,000 women cryptologists of World War II who helped decipher enemy military messages. [23]
Women's Soccer 2023Celebrating women's soccer in the United States, from youth leagues to the world champion U.S. national team. [24]
Toni Morrison 2023Celebrated on a forever stamp, Toni Morrison was an award-winning author of 11 novels that brought to life the diverse voices of Black people and, in particular, centered the identity of Black women. [25]

Sources: [26] [16]

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