Malvina Malinek
Malvina Malinek has advocated for the rights of women, in particular migrant and refugee women, at the local, national and international level in Australia.
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Deena Kastor
Deena Kastor is a long-distance runner, an Olympic medalist for the marathon, holds American records in both the marathon and half-marathon, and is an eight-time national cross-country champion.
June Levine
20th century Irish feminist, journalist and author
Judy Sheindlin
Judy Blum Sheindlin is arguably the most famous judge of her time, yet most people wouldn’t know her last name, recognizing her only as “Judge Judy.”
Ruth Handler
Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler is best-known as the creator of the Barbie doll
Sallie Krawcheck
Sallie Krawcheck had worked in finance for over a decade, including holding c-suite leadership roles at major companies, when she co-founded Ellevest, a woman-focused investment platform, in 2014.
Wendy Freedman
Dr. Wendy Freedman was the lead author on the 2001 paper “Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant;” Freedman and her team had calculated more precisely than ever before the rate at which the universe is expanding, or the Hubble constant.
Lina Stern
Dr. Lina Stern faced the dual barriers of being a woman and being Jewish but nevertheless was able to become a groundbreaking researcher who introduced the scientific community to the barrière hématoencéphalique—the blood-brain barrier.
Nina Zagat
Co–founder of the eponymous Zagat guide
Claudia Sheinbaum
In 2024, Mexican politician and environmental engineer Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman and first Jewish person elected president of Mexico, winning a landslide victory.