The document summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five pioneering women in education: Ella Flagg Young, Marietta Louise Pierce Johnson, Anna Julia Cooper. Ella Flagg Young overcame obstacles to become the first female superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. She reformed school policies to be more democratic and child-centered. Marietta Johnson founded the Organic School with no grades or tests and emphasized learning through experience. Anna Julia Cooper fought for African American women's education rights and advocated that educating black women would improve the whole community.