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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.

Iris Apfel was known as a textile designer within her field for decades. But it wasn’t until The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of her wardrobe in 2005—13 years after she retired and well into her 80s—that she achieved broader recognition as an influential tastemaker.

Katharine Graham

Owner, board chair and publisher of The Washington Post for decades

Eve Ensler

Playwright Eve Ensler, who would later go by V, debuted her ground-breaking The Vagina Monologues in 1996.

Danièle Aron-Rosa

French-Tunisian ophthalmologist most known for developing the picosecond, ophthalmic Nd:YAG laser for eye surgeries.

Edith Windsor

Edie Windsor was in her 80s when she sued the U.S. government. Her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. The following year, Windsor received a $363,000 tax bill—estate taxes that, had the government recognized their marriage, would have been nonexistent.

Estella Solomons

Early 20th century Irish artist

Ida Steinberg

Hungarian-born Jewish, Canadian businesswoman

Helen Reddy

Australian feminist musician

Bessie Starkman

Polish-Canadian organized crime boss