Elizabeth Martínez
Chicana feminist, community organizer, activist, author and educator
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Sophie O’Brien
Irish writer and activist
Maurine Neuberger
With her husband, Maurine B. Neuberger was part of a “mediagenic power couple” that together reformed the Oregon Democratic Party and emerged onto the national scene.
Paula Hawkins
An aggressive and outspoken Republican, Paula Hawkins sailed into office in a Republican sweep led by victorious presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in 1980. A staunch defender of her ever-changing Florida constituency, she also created a public dialogue on the subject of missing, exploited, and abused children.
Mikie Sherrill
US Representative from New Jersey and former naval helicopter pilot
Young Kim
US Representative from California
Stacey Plaskett
US Congressional Delegate from the Virgin Islands
Stephanie Murphy
US Representative from Florida
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
In 1972, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke made history as the first African-American woman elected to Congress from California and only the third Black woman to serve on Capitol Hill.
Summer Lee
US Representative from Pennsylvania