Saint Brigit of Kildare
Reputed foundress and first abbess of Cell Dara (Kildare), the female patron saint of Ireland
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torrin a greathouse
American poet
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American rock and gospel singer, songwriter and guitarist
Jack Bee Garland
Assigned female at birth, Jack Bee Garland lived their life presenting as male, including serving as a medic during the Spanish American War and the aftermath of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake.
Eva Le Gallienne
English-American theater actor, producer, director, translator and author
Rose Zinnia
American poet, fiction writer, essayist, teacher, editor, and designer
Tammy Baldwin
US Senator and Representative from Wisconsin
Laphonza Romanique Butler
US Senator from California
Emily Randall
US Representative from Washington
Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin’s return to Yeshiva University as a woman after receiving tenure as a man made her the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her memoir of gender transition, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award, and winner of a Forward Fives award.