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Marlo Thomas

First Single Working Woman on Television

Women's activist Marie Wilson on the epiphany that led her down her career path and her steadfast belief that women need to be represented in all levels of politics and business.

Faith Ringgold

Artist & Activist

Faith Ringgold on fighting to get women and African-American artists into museums and the power of art.

Oprah Winfrey

Media Mogul & Philanthropist

Malika Saada Saar

Human Rights for Girls

Nichelle Nichols

Star Trek Actress & NASA Recruiter

Sara Lamm

Documentary Filmmaker

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein reveals how her attraction to freedom got her involved in music, how she started her first band and the road that led her to acting.

Barbara Smith

Groundbreaking Publisher of Women of Color

Smith on bringing black women's literature to colleges and publishing, and the changing self-image of young women of color.

Carol Burnett

First Woman Variety Show Host

Amy Goodman

Journalist

Robin Morgan

Writer & Feminist Activist

Anna Maria Chávez

CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

Nancy Pelosi

First Female Speaker of the US House Of Representatives

Joan Sullivan

Educator & Public Policy

Maria Shriver

Journalist, Author, & Former First Lady of California

Shriver on her choice to become a journalist, the unforeseen challenges of being a working mother, and giving her all to the First Lady role to take on women's issues.

Pat Schroeder

Former Congresswoman

Schroeder on the conflicting ideals for women throughout her education, running for Congress in Denver, her decision to take on women and family issues, and what weight the next generation must carry with them.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

U.S. Senator (R-Texas)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Geraldine Ferraro

Vice-Presidential Nominee

Anne Wojcicki

Co-Founder & CEO, 23andMe

Jane Chen

Non-Profit Healthcare Advocate

Leila Janah

Global Economic Advocate

Susan Wojcicki

Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce, Google

Susan Wojcicki's path to becoming Google's Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce, responsible for 95% of the company's revenue, can be traced back to the many "start-ups" she and her sister began as children. The real momentum came after changing her career path to computer science, renting her garage to Google's founders, and ultimately becoming Google's first marketing person and navigating their mission through advertising ever since.

Reshma Saujani

Founder, Girls Who Code

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, talks about her parents' inspiration, her unexpected career change, and what it was about risk and failure that made her want to start Girls Who Code.

Dr. Susan Love

Breast Cancer Pioneer

First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon

Rachel McLish

First Female Bodybuilding Champion

Bethany Hamilton

Professional Surfer

Nevine Michaan

Teaching Yoga to Women

Nevine Michaan on finding in yoga a surreptitious career path and a way to empower other women.

Marlen Esparza

Boxer

Marlen Esparza on her early boxing career and how she became the first American woman to qualify for the Olympic Games in boxing.

Donna de Varona

Olympic Champion & Sportscaster

Misty Copeland

Ballet Dancer

Billie Jean King

Tennis Champion & Activist

Shelly Lazarus

Pioneering Advertising Executive

Lauren Bush Lauren

Global Nutrition Advocate

Bonnie Schaefer

CEO & Philanthropist

Alexis Maybank & Alexandra Wilkis Wilson Gilt Groupe

Retail Entrepreneurs

Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson discuss how they met and the process of building an internet startup.

Alexa von Tobel

Personal Finance Expert

Alexa von Tobel believes that financial planning shouldn't be a luxury. She discusses how her company, LearnVest, makes financial planning accessible to everyone, regardless of income.

Linda Alvarado

CEO, Alvarado Construction, Inc.

Leila Janah

Global Economic Advocate

Katharine Wolf

Social Challenge Advisor

Wendy Kopp

Founder & CEO, Teach For America

Rachel Simmons

Educator & Author

Alexa von Tobel

Personal Finance Expert

Tracy K. Smith

Poet

Achieving goals sometimes requires reaching for the stars. Poet, Tracy K. Smith, discusses why she looked to outer space to gain perspective on issues closer to home.

Barbara Bestor

Architect

Houses and commercial spaces should inspire creativity while remaining functional. Barbara Bestor's bohemian modern style of architecture demonstrates that spatial planning can serve to encourage human interaction and play.

Joan Sullivan

Educator & Public Policy

World Health Care Advocate

Esta Soler

Founder, Futures Without Violence

Rebecca Adamson

Global Activist For Indigenous People

Diem Brown

Cancer Survivor & Entrepreneur

Registries for weddings are widespread, but what about those for sick patients in need? Diem Brown noticed this absence through her own experience with cancer. Her company, MedGift, is the first online medical gift registry.

Jill Chambers

Retired U.S. Army Colonel

Colonel (R) Jill W. Chambers discusses her path as a woman in the military and how her experience surviving the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon led her to creating a PTSD program for soldiers.

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