Shannon Faulkner was seventeen when she applied to the American military college known as The Citadel. Knowing they only accepted males, she did not include her gender on her application and marked it out on her transcripts. Although she was accepted, the school reversed that decision upon finding out she was female. She sued for violation of her civil rights, as The Citadel was a public school that received state funding.
While working at the Bureau of Animal Industry, Evans began investigating the bacteria Bacillus abortus, which was known to cause miscarriages in animals.
The first woman in Germany to earn a PhD in chemistry
When Charlotte Moton Hubbard was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs in 1964, she became the highest-ranking Black woman in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration, a testament to her many years of work in education, community relations, and government service.
Jennie Moton served briefly as director of Tuskegee’s Department of Women’s Industries and later was a field agent for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
A committed community Elder maintaining culture and connections for Aboriginal women in custody in Victoria, Australia
Award-winning Indian-Australian psychiatrist, clinician, and researcher.
American farmer and community activist who became the first African-American appointee to a state board and was later appointed to a variety of federal organizations by President Richard M. Nixon.
Aunty Melva Johnson is a respected Yorta Yorta elder and pioneer in developing health and education services for the Aboriginal community in Echuca, Victoria (Australia).
American lyric soprano