Dr Helen Brooke Taussig
Dr. Helen Taussig was the first woman to become the president of the American Heart Association.
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Nonbinary femme poet, writer and intersectional activist, who advocates for disability justice as well as for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT+) and Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) rights.
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.
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding was gifted with a natural talent for music. Not only is she an amazing jazz singer, but she can also play the upright bass at the same time, a skill that takes most musicians years to be able to do. While her music is categorized as jazz, she incorporates elements of R&B and Brazilian music into her songs.
Julia Wallace
She was the first woman to become a city councillor in Palmerston North, serving from 1962 to 1968. Because of her disability, she worked tirelessly for the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.
Tammy Duckworth
As one of the first female veterans elected to the Senate, Senator Ladda Tammy Duckworth has been a tireless advocate for veterans and new mothers. A Purple Heart recipient, Senator Duckworth has never let her use of a wheelchair slow her down.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community that fosters and amplifies disability media and culture. A Chinese-American activist and writer, Wong fights for access and representation for people with disabilities from all backgrounds.
Virginia Hall
Pioneering agent for the Special Operations Executive in occupied France during WWII
Petra Kuppers
Disability culture activist and community performance artist
Hannah Tomiko Holmes
Educator and disability rights activist