Myra Cohen
New Zealand barber, dental assistant, entertainer and milliner
New Zealand barber, dental assistant, entertainer and milliner
Mexican writer, visual and performing artist, and researcher.
Andrea Jenkins made history in 2017 when she became the first African American, openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States. As a politician, poet, activist, and community historian, Jenkins strives to bring “the notion of love into the public discourse.”
Mexican poet and performance artist.
Renowned Bengal tiger trainer
Disability culture activist and community performance artist
She went to Chicago in late 1912 and became popular aviator Max Lillie’s first female student. Within two months she earned the nation’s 148th pilot’s license, the fourth woman to do so.
Russian aviation pioneer, becoming the first woman in Russia to obtain a pilot’s license.
Irish social worker, clown, and magician
ORLAN molds her own flesh in the service of her art.