Dr Marwa Al-Sabouni

Sydrian architect and author who co-founded Arabic Gate for Architectural News, the first Arabic language news platform dedicated to architectural news.

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Carolyn Butts

Author and filmmaker who founded Reel Sisters of the Diaspora in 1997. Based in Brooklyn, the annual film festival and lecture series showcases films produced, directed, and written by women of color.

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Michelle McNamara

True crime aficionado Michelle McNamara spent years investigating the man she called the “Golden State Killer.” Thanks to her work, former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo was identified as the perpetrator of at least thirteen murders, fifty-one rapes and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986.

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Jill Abramson

In 2011, when the newspaper industry was in crisis, Jill Abramson was the first woman named editor of The New York Times.

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Jean Cole

In the 1960s, Boston journalists Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole worked to publicise what would become known as the Boston Strangler murders.

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