Women's History Month
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is an educational activist who, at age 17, became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai
Ibada Wadud
Ibada Wadud is advancing sustainability and women’s empowerment through fashion.
Ibada Wadud
Alice Walker
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer and critical voice for black women in the feminism movement.
Alice Walker
Rep. Ilhan Omar
Rep. Ilhan Omar is the first woman of color, Somali American and naturalized African refugee to represent Minnesota in Congress.
Rep. Ilhan Omar
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
Junko Tabei
Jennifer King
Jennifer King is the first Black woman assistant coach in the National Football League’s 101-year history.
Jennifer King
Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Corbett is a viral immunologist and one of the leading scientists who helped develop a vaccine for COVID-19.
Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou is a pharmaceutical chemist who discovered artemisinin, a malaria-inhibiting drug, that has saved millions of lives.
Tu Youyou
Nora Lum (Awkwafina)
Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress, comedian, internet personality, rapper, author, and television host.
Nora Lum (Awkwafina)
N. K. Jemisin
Nora Keita Jemisin, better known by her pen name N. K. Jemisin, is a science fiction and fantasy writer.
N. K. Jemisin
Corita Kent
Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, was an artist known for her serigraphs that reflected messages on social justice issues such as poverty, racism and war in the 1960s.
Corita Kent
Deb Haaland
Deb Haaland is a 35th generation New Mexican and recently made history by becoming the first indigenous Interior secretary.
Deb Haaland
Las Hermanas Mirabal (The Mirabal Sisters)
Las Hermanas Mirabal were three sisters, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal who were vocal activists against the regime of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.
Las Hermanas Mirabal (The Mirabal Sisters)
Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor who left a legacy as an activist who helped shape future generations.
Marsha P. Johnson
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer who eventually became NASA's first black female engineer in 1958.
Mary Jackson
The “Night Witches”
The "Night Witches" was an all-female coalition of military fighter pilots for the Soviet Union who helped win the war for the Allied powers during WWII.
The “Night Witches”
Wangari Maathai
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Wangari Maathai