This article lists women and women-related subjects on United States postage stamps. It includes named or identifiable women, groups of women, and certain collective subjects that the United States Postal Service (USPS) includes in its chronology of women-related stamp subjects. The USPS chronology also includes works created by women and issues concerning women's organizations, occupations, achievements, and social movements; consequently, not every entry is a biographical portrait.
The table is arranged by the first listed year of issue. Multiple years in one row indicate that the subject appeared on more than one United States stamp. Descriptions identify the subject's principal notability and are not intended as complete biographies.
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Name Year Issued Notable for Isabella I of Castile 1893 Queen 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. Martha Washington 1902, 1923, 1938 First First Lady of the United States Pocahontas 1907Pocahontas was a Native American woman and a member of the Powhatan peoples. 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. Issued as a part of the Jamestown Exposition Issue. Molly Pitcher 1928 The nickname of a woman, whose identity is not definitively known, who is said to have fought in the American Revolutionary WarAnna McNeill Whistler1934Mother of American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler Susan B. Anthony 1936, 1955 American 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 1940 American educator, reformer, lecturer, and women's suffrage supporter Jane Addams 1940 American 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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton1948American writer, suffragist, and leader in the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century 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 1969 American 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 1975 American-born heroine of the American Revolutionary War Clara Maass 1976 American nurse best known for having died as a volunteer for yellow fever medical experiments Harriet Tubman 1978, 1995 American abolitionist and social activist who was part of the Underground Railroad Emily Bissell 1980 American social worker and activist best known for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States Helen Keller 1980 American author and disability rights advocate Anne Sullivan 1980 American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller Dolley Madison 1980 First Lady of the United States Frances Perkins 1980 American workers-rights advocate and fourth United States Secretary of Labor, the first female to hold a cabinet-level position in the United States governmentBlanche Scott1980Inventor and pioneering aviator Edith Wharton 1980 American novelist best known for her novels Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence Rachel Carson 1981 American 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 athleteEthel Barrymore1982American film actress Mary Walker 1982 American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon, the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor Dorothea Dix 1983 American advocate for the indigent mentally ill Pearl S. Buck 1983 American writer and novelist, best known for the novel, The Good Earth Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1984 American psychologist and industrial engineer, a pioneer in the field of time-and-motion studies Abigail Adams 1985 First Lady of the United States Mary McLeod Bethune 1985 American 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 1986 American politician, the first female candidate for President of the United States Margaret Mitchell 1986 American 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. Mary Cassatt 1988, 2003American artist known for her portraits of motherhood Evelyn Nesbit 1989American chorus girl, artists' model, actress and controversial historical figure. Judy Garland 1989American actress and singer; depicted as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz Helene Madison 1990American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. 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 1994 Silent film actress ZaSu Pitts 1994 Silent film actress Theda Bara 1994Silent film actress Nellie Cashman 1994The "Angel of Tombstone", an anti-violence advocate who raised orphans and campaigned against public hanging Ethel Waters 1994 American jazz, swing, and pop singer and actress Bessie Smith 1994 American blues singer Billie Holiday 1994 American jazz and swing singer Mildred Bailey 1994 Native American jazz singer Ethel Merman 1994 American 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 1995 American Civil War author Phoebe Pember 1995 American 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 1997 French-American operatic soprano and actress Rosa Ponselle 1997 American 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 1998 American gospel singer Roberta Martin 1998 American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger, and choral organizer Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1998 American singer and guitaristFlorence Owens Thompson1998American 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 Clara Ward 1998 American 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 productsLila Acheson Wallace1998American magazine publisher and philanthropist; co-founder of Reader's Digest Ayn Rand 1999Author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged Lucille Ball 1999, 2001, 2009American comedian and actress Lynn Fontanne 1999 English actress 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 Frida Kahlo 2001Mexican artist Neysa McMein 2001 American illustrator and portrait painter Nellie Bly