Browse Items (8 total)

  • Collection: Leadership/Governance

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First black female member of the House of Representatives and first black female
candidate to run for a major party's nomination for President of the United States

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First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court

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African-American woman who started a successful beauty company and encouraged US citizens to see black women as beautiful

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First woman to be nominated by a major political party for the position of President of the United States of America. Former Secretary of State, former New York Senator, and life-long activist who continually challenges gender norms in US society and…

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First woman to be appointed to the US Cabinet--as the Secretary of Labor, no less, in a time when wage work was considered outside woman's sphere

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Ambassador and reformer, she advocated greater rights for women and minorities

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First woman of an Islamic country to serve as Prime Minister

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Female pharaoh who led Egypt into a time of peace and economic prosperity
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