Margaret Mead
American anthropologist
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Martha Graham
Groundbreaking modern dance choreographer
Leontyne Price
Grammy-winning African-American opera singer
Margaret Chase Smith
The first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and the first woman to represent Maine in either.
Melinda French Gates
As co-chair of the world’s largest private charitable foundation, Melinda Gates is one of the most powerful women in philanthropy.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is the author of over twenty books including The House of the Spirits (La Casa de los Espíritus) (1982), Eva Luna (1987), Paula (1995), Inés del Alma Mía (Inés of My Soul) (2006), and Violeta (2022).
Clare Boothe Luce
US congresswoman (1942-1946), ambassador, playwright, socialite, and war reporter
Dr Lena Frances Edwards
Dr. Lena Edwards was one of the first African American women to be board-certified as an obstetrician-gynecologist as well as to gain admission to the International College of Surgeons. Throughout her career she served the poor, lobbying for better health care for anyone who needed it, regardless of what they could afford.
Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
Marian Anderson
Civil rights icon and African American contralto, who had a ground-breaking career in classical music from the mid-1920s through the late 1950s.