Mary Ritter Beard
Kama mwanamageuzi, Beard alikuwa hai katika utetezi wa haki za wanawake. Pia aliandika vitabu kadhaa juu ya jukumu la wanawake katika historia vikiwemo vitabu kama On Understanding Women (1931), America Through Women's Eyes (1933), na Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Ukweli (1946), kazi yake bora. Kwa kuongezea, alishirikiana na mumewe, mwanahistoria Charles Austin Beard, kama mwandishi mwenza wa vitabu saba vya kiada, kama vile The Rise of American Civilization (1927),  na ''America in Midpassage.