Willa Brown

Brown earned her pilot license in 1938, her commercial license in 1939 and earned her Master Mechanic Certificate in 1935.

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Pelagia Melgenak

Pelagia Melgenak’s story shows a grit and determination to survive as an individual but also as a vessel to help a culture survive.

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MaVynee Betsch

Environmental activist who worked to preserve and protect a historically African-American beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

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Dr Me-Iung Ting

Dr. Me-Iung Ting worked tirelessly to improve medical care for women, children, and refugees, even when it put her at great personal risk.

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Mestaa’ėhehe

Born during a time of increasingly strained relationships between Native Americans and white colonizers, Owl Woman is credited with nourishing peace on the Colorado plains.

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Anna Louise Strong

Prolific writer and journalist who brought socialist politics to the mountains when she co-founded Cooperative Campers of the Pacific Northwest in 1916.

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“A, D, and G”

Between 1996 and 1997, three transgender women – known in in court records as A, D and G to protect their identities – were denied gender reassignment surgery by the North West Lancashire Health Authority in England. In 1999, the women brought a legal suit against the Health Authority.

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