Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was the deaf wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who founded the first permanent public school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Her son Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was the founder of the first school for deaf students in the United States - as the school's first superintendent. Sophia Fowler Gallaudet became the school's matron. She was educated, raised a family, ran a busy household, and helped to found Gallaudet College.

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Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon "Daisy" Low, founder of the Girl Scout movement in the United States was born October 31, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia, and died ther January 17, 1927. Daisy Low's great charm, energy, and drive nurtured the growth of the American Girl Scouts. Her vision of friendships which cross national boundaries led her, in her later years, to develop the International Girl Scouts and Girl Guides. Her crowning triumph came in 1926, when she brought the third World Encampment of the International Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to the United States.

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