Dr Ileana Vargas-Rodriquez
In 1998, Dr. Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez helped establish the pediatric component of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
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Felicitas Mendez
Mother of the children at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.
Sylvia Mendez
Child at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.
Olga Custodio
The first Latina U.S. military pilot
Gloria Naylor
American novelist best known for her debut work, “The Women of Brewster Place” (1982), which won the National Book Award for First Novel in 1983.
Helen Rodríguez Trías
Pioneering American pediatrician, educator, and women’s rights activist.
Maria
Maria was a slave and possibly the leader of a 1716 slave rebellion on Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies in 1716.
Omara Portuondo
Grammy-winning Cuban singer and dancer. She co-founded the popular vocal group Cuarteto d’Aida and has collaborated with various influential Cuban musicians throughout her extensive career.
Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez
Celebrated Cuban-American singer known for her enchanting performances in Cuban music and Latin jazz.
Mary Thomas
Women like Queen Mary Thomas, Queen Agnes Salomon, and Queen Mathilda McBean led the 1878 Fireburn labor rebellion, known as the Queens of the Fireburn.