11 ICONIC LGBT WOMEN FROM HISTORY WHO WILL INSPIRE YOU

From: Bear World

Jane Addams 

1860-1935

First US woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

The well-known advocate and leader in women’s suffrage was close to many women. The model for many generations of social workers owned a home in Maine, spent more than 30 years in a loving and committed relationship with Mary Rozet Smith.

Both of them traveled as a pair and it is believed Smith always supported the activist in her campaigns.