Eleanor Roosevelt greatly expanded the role of the First Lady and the influence of women in politics, working alongside the president during two major national emergencies.

The sexism that Judy Chicago experienced as an undergraduate at an art college inspired her to reject gender norms in her work and found the first feminist art program in ...

Frances Perkins became the first woman member of the president’s Cabinet when she was appointed secretary of labor in 1933. She believed in the power of organized labor to create ...

Billie Jean King’s advocacy for gender equality and social justice was fundamental to her survival in the sport. Her work revolutionized women’s tennis for generations to follow.

San Francisco garment worker Sue Ko Lee broke new ground when she led a 15-week strike for Chinese workers, pushing back against racial barriers and unfair workplace treatment. 

A champion for minority education and employment opportunities, pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first to run for U.S. President.

Angela Davis has been a prominent activist in the Black liberation and prison abolition movement since the 1960s and continues to guide movement work today. 

Labor Organizer Emma Tenayuca was part of several women workers’ strikes in Texas in the 1930s before leading one the largest work stoppages in the state’s history.

Susan Faludi’s writings on feminist, LGBTQ, and social justice issues and her keen observances on the backlash against feminism in the 1980s made her an integral voice in the feminist ...

Co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Bella Abzug was a leading figure in the women’s movement.

Betty Friedan’s work is credited with helping usher in the second wave feminist movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

Dorothy Christiansen worked for several decades as a commissioner for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and helped resolve some of the biggest labor disputes in California.