Michelle Obama
American first lady, lawyer, bestselling author and producer
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Michelle Buteau
American comedian, actor and writer
Dr Mona Chalmers Watson
In July 1917, Mona Chalmers Watson was named the first Chief Controller of Britain’s Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) when it was formed. The thousands of WAACs worked as cooks and waitresses, clerks, communications operators, drivers, and more. She was already noteworthy as a suffragist, physician, and the first woman to receive her MD from the University of Edinburgh.
Kankawa Nagarra
Walmatjarri elder, community activist, and blues and gospel singer-songwriter
Madhur Jaffrey
Indian actress and chef
Marcella Hazan
Long after her 2013 death, her legacy lives on in the recipes that younger generations of cooks continue to live—and eat—by.
Mary Seacole
1800s Jamaican nurse and businesswoman
Ernestine Shepherd
American bodybuilder
Grace Zia Chu
Grace Zia Chu is credited with introducing countless Americans to Chinese cooking and cuisine through her popular books The Pleasures of Chinese Cooking (1962) and Madame Chu’s Chinese Cooking School (1975).
Rita Cetina y Gutierrez
Mexican educator, writer and feminist Rita Cetina y Gutierrez advocated for women’s education in Mérida, Yucatán.