Dr Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Massachusetts’ first woman Commissioner of Public Health, as well as its youngest, where she established the US’s first Violence Prevention Office at a state health department.
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Luz Maria Cardoza-Fonseca
Nicaraguan immigrant who fought for – and won – asylum rights
Verneda Rodríguez Mclean
WWII military pilot active in the fight for veteran status for the WASPs and the first WASP to be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
Dr Barbara Barlow
In 1988, Dr. Barbara Barlow founded the Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
Alice Mary Bush
Important figure in the development of paediatrics in New Zealand
Ka‘oana‘eha
Hawaiian royal
Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
Petra Kuppers
Disability culture activist and community performance artist
Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee
She became the Navy’s first female line officer on 3 August 1942. Commissioned a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve, she simultaneously undertook the demanding task of Director of the Navy’s newly-established Women’s Reserve. In November 1943, following the passage of new legislation by the Congress, she was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Xernona Clayton
Civil rights leader and pioneering broadcasting executive best known as the founder and CEO of the Trumpet Awards (1993), an annual awards program celebrating African-American acheivements televised by the TBS network and distributed internationally to over 185 countries.