Lateefah Simon is a politician and criminal justice reformer who overcame the challenge of congenital blindness to emerge as a dedicated activist and transformative leader.
While representing California in Congress for more than 25 years, Barbara Lee was a strong advocate for racial and economic justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and healthcare access.
Joan Baez is an influential folk singer, songwriter, and activist known for her distinctive voice, commitment to social justice, and role in the civil rights and anti-war movements.
Ray Eames founded the Eames Office design house with her husband, Charles Eames, making significant contributions in architecture, graphic design, textile design, film, and furniture.
Ariel Durant was the coauthor of 11-volume Story of Civilization with her husband, Will Durant. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Phyllis Willett dedicated her life to social justice work and the labor movement. NUHW would not exist if it weren’t for Phyllis, who volunteered as a one-woman Operations Department after helping to found the union in 2009.
Nearly a year before Rosa Park’s historic act of civil disobedience, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.
Simone de Beauvoir is a prominent figure in feminist theory and feminist existentialism, having penned a groundbreaking treatise on gender that ushered in a new wave of feminist thought.
Simone de Beauvoir is a prominent figure in feminist theory and feminist existentialism, having penned a groundbreaking treatise on gender that ushered in a new wave of feminist thought.
Dorothea Dix was a fierce advocate for the rights of people with mental illness, her work paved the way for some of the modern-day changes in how mental illness is treated.
