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They campaigned for women's suffrage and championed landmark legislation banning sex discrimination in schools.

They shattered the glass ceilings in business, politics and the military.

And they advocated for civil rights, public health, tribal restoration and special education.

They blazed trails not just for women but for everyone, fitting for a state settled at the end of an epic 2,170-mile trail that offered hope for a better life.

They are Oregon's Women of the Century, part of a national project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

The USA TODAY Network is naming 10 women from all 50 states and the District of Columbia who made a significant difference not just in their states, but in the country and world.

A five-person panel, well-versed in Oregon history, pored over nominations from the public and their own suggestions of women with outstanding achievements in the fields of arts and literature, bus Beatrice Hulon Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) - Blackpast HYM