Notable Women

Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in

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Sarah Breedlove (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919), known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist. Eulogized as the first female self-made millionaire in America,

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Nannita Daisey, also known as Kentucky Daisey, gained fame during the late nineteenth century in Oklahoma's land runs, fame that extended after her death in a legend about how she claimed her first Homestead tract.

Nannita Regina H. Daisey was born in Pennsylvania in 1855. After the deaths of her parents she lived and was educated at

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