Bailey White

Bailey White first achieved popularity reading her local color essays on National Public Radio. Her distinctive, gravelly voice and her gift for portraying eccentric people and unusual situations with a gently self-deprecating wit won her a national following.

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Charlotte Thompson Reid

Charlotte Thompson Reid had already enjoyed a career as a nationally acclaimed singer before she began her second career relatively late in life as the widow and successor of a congressional candidate who died in mid-campaign.

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Dr Frene Ginwala

South African journalist and politician, the first speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was a key figure in the writing of the Constitution of South Africa and establishing democracy in South Africa.

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