- American investigative journalist and travel writer.
- Known for her undercover reporting and exposés, most famously her 1887 stunt where she feigned insanity to investigate the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum.
- Reported on working conditions in factories and sweatshops, and wrote extensively on women's rights and suffrage.
2. Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)
- African-American journalist, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist.
- Known for her courageous reporting on lynching and segregation in the United States, particularly in the South.
- Her articles and editorials helped bring national and international attention to the horrors of lynching and racism.
3. Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966)
- American journalist and war correspondent.
- Became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence in 1951 for her reporting on the Korean War.
- Also covered the Vietnam War and other international conflicts.
4. Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
- American journalist and radio commentator.
- Gained prominence as a foreign correspondent in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s.
- Known for her strong opposition to fascism and her advocacy for women's rights.
5. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman ("Nellie Bly") (1864-1922)
- American journalist, known for her undercover reporting and pioneering work as a female reporter.
- Her most famous investigation was her stint at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island, where she exposed the poor conditions and mistreatment of patients.
- Also went on a trip around the world in less than 80 days, beating Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg's record.