Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant was perhaps the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (commonly referred to by her initials, AOC) is the youngest woman and youngest Latina to ever serve in the United States Congress. She is most well known for her progressive politics, community activism, and her wide-reaching social media presence.
Marva Collins
“For thirty years, we have done what other schools declare impossible,” explains Collins, who has trained more than one hundred thousand teachers, principals, and administrators in the methodology developed and practiced at her Westside Preparatory School in Chicago.
Cuc Lam
Arriving as a refugee from Vietnam in 1978, Cuc Lam has worked tirelessly to help other migrants, and particularly women, adapt to life in Australia.
Dagmar Jenkins
Jenkins has helped to provide people with cognitive and speech-related disabilities access to tailored sexual assault response services.
Nancy Power
Irish Celticist, member of Cumann na nBan, and civil servant
Anna Parnell
Irish nationalist and land activist
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Mexican-American labor rights activist
Dr Lisa I Iezzoni
In 1998, Dr. Lisa Iezzoni was the first woman to be appointed professor in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA.
Margaret Murray Washington
Margaret Murray Washington rose from humble beginnings to prominence as an educator, reformer, and clubwoman.