Description: Notable Women is an AR Experiment that lets anyone see 100 historic American women where they've historically been left out: U.S. currency.
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Swapping out the faces we all know for the faces we all should
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who focused on securing voting rights for African Americans. She helped organize the 1964 Freedom Summer voter registration drive in Mississippi and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge the segregated politics of that state.
Felisa Rincon de Gautier was mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Elected in 1946, she was the first woman to lead a capital city. After serving over twenty years as mayor, she remained active in local and national politics for the rest of her life.