All Politics & Leaders

Educator, civil rights leader, politician. The first African-American to serve in Maryland State Senate and the second black woman to be elected to a state senate in the US.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism.

A member of the British royal family; a former actress and fashion blogger.
Category: Theater & Cinema, Fashion & Beauty, Politics & Leaders, Philanthropy.

A Politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and bestselling author. The first African-American woman to be a major party’s nominee for governor, the first African-American to lead in the House of Representatives of Georgia, and the first African-American woman and first Georgian to deliver a Response to the State of the Union.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Activism & Feminism.

The first woman elected to serve a full term as a US Senator, representing Arkansas, and the first woman to chair a Senate committee.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A suffrage leader, educator, and politician. The first Latina to run for US Congress and one of the first’s women to serve as a government official in New Mexico.
Category: Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism, Politics & Leaders.

A lawyer and Democratic politician served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada. The first Latina in the US Senate and the first woman to represent Nevada.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Law.

The first woman to serve in the US House and the US Senate representing Maine in both, and the first woman candidate for the presidency at a major party's convention.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

The first woman from Connecticut to be elected to US Congress, the first woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad, an author, and a playwright.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Media, Theater & Cinema.

A social and political reformer in Portland, Oregon, and the first woman elected to the US Congress from Oregon state.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A politician, lawyer, educator, author, and commentator. The 47th Governor of Michigan – the first woman in this position.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Law.