Danni Askini
Danni Askini is a transgender activist who is from Seattle, Washington. She is one of the founders of the Gender Justice League, a transgender rights advocacy organization based in Capitol Hill.
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Admiral Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021. Her clinical and public health work has helped people dealing with a range of medical issues, including eating disorders, the opioid crisis, and COVID-19.
Elena Kagan
The first female Solicitor General of the United States and now a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan is a prominent legal scholar and jurist who has advocated for justice and equality since childhood.
Dr Raquel Eidelnan Cohen
Dr. Cohen was one of twelve women in Harvard Medical School’s first coeducational graduating class in 1949.
Ruth Behar
Known as a writer, anthropologist, and professor, Behar is the author of ten books, including Santa Maria del Monte: The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village (1986), Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza’s Story (1993), and recently Lucky Broken Girl (2018).
Esther Seligson
Esther Seligson was a writer and poet with an interest in Jewish philosophy, theater, and history.
Esther Bubley
Photographer Esther Bubley found ample subject matter to explore on the American homefront as the nation mobilized for war during WWII.
Dr Grete Lehner Bibring
Appointed chief of psychiatry at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital in 1946 and in 1961 she became one of only a few woman physicians appointed to a full professorship at Harvard Medical School at the time.
Dr Carol Nadelson
Dr. Carol Nadelson was the first woman president of the American Psychiatric Association.
Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Clara Lemlich Shavelson is known primarily for her part in the 1909 garment workers strike in New York City, often referred to as the Uprising of 20,000.