The Mentors
This first lady and human rights advocate mentored a young Marian Anderson, championing her performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This country music icon’s "Imagination Library" has gifted over 200 million books to children worldwide.
Who is Dolly Parton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and this woman formed a 50-year partnership to lead the suffrage movement.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This teenager started a global school strike movement to demand action on climate change.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
In 1921, she became the first woman to receive a pilot's license, later disappearing over the Pacific.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She is considered the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" due to her defiance of the law in the spirit of justice.
Who is Rosa Parks?
After her divorce, this philanthropist gave away $16B in three years to support gender equality and community-led nonprofits.
Who is MacKenzie Scott?
This group of women, led by Alice Paul, famously picketed the White House for 18 months to win the right to vote.
Who are the Suffragists?
This nurse founded the American Red Cross in 1881 after serving on the front lines of the Civil War.
This "Iron Lady" became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This poet and author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was a long-time mentor to Oprah Winfrey.
Who is Maya Angelou?
She was the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S., using her fortune to fund scholarships and Black YMCA centers.
These "Hidden Figures" calculated the math that sent John Glenn into orbit.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson?
After surviving an assassination attempt for going to school, she started a fund to "give" every girl the right to "get" an education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This astronaut became the first American woman in space aboard the Challenger in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?