Dr Helen Brooke Taussig
Dr. Helen Taussig was the first woman to become the president of the American Heart Association.
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Dr Elizabeth D A Magnus Cohen
Dr. Elizabeth D. A. Magnus Cohen, a surgeon, became the first woman physician licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana in 1857.
Carrie Brownstein
American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
Clara Fraser
Clara Fraser was incredibly passionate about workers and women’s rights as well as fighting against the segregation that was present in Seattle in the mid-1900s.
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.
Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021. Her clinical and public health work has helped people dealing with a range of medical issues, including eating disorders, the opioid crisis, and COVID-19.
Elena Kagan
The first female Solicitor General of the United States and now a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan is a prominent legal scholar and jurist who has advocated for justice and equality since childhood.
Dr Raquel Eidelnan Cohen
Dr. Cohen was one of twelve women in Harvard Medical School’s first coeducational graduating class in 1949.
Ruth Behar
Known as a writer, anthropologist, and professor, Behar is the author of ten books, including Santa Maria del Monte: The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village (1986), Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza’s Story (1993), and recently Lucky Broken Girl (2018).
Esther Seligson
Esther Seligson was a writer and poet with an interest in Jewish philosophy, theater, and history.