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Alice Walker on living through poverty and racism; giving her ancestors a voice in The Color Purple; and the magic of art and life.

Dr. Susan Love

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Sara Ziff became a model at the young age of 14. Her experience in the industry led to a film, and a nonprofit dedicated to establishing fair working conditions for models.

Maya Lin

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Maya Lin on artistic inspiration and facing the controversy around her now-heralded Vietnam Memorial design.

Claudia Chan

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Lynn Povich

First Female Sr. Editor at Newsweek

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

First Latina Elected to Congress

Condoleezza Rice

Former Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice on her path from the Jim Crow South of her youth to becoming the highest diplomat in the land.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. Congresswoman, District of Columbia

Congresswoman Norton on growing up in segregation, pursuing law to make change, and advocating women's rights as Equal Opportunity Commission chair and later, as a United States Congresswoman.

Geraldine Ferraro

Vice-Presidential Nominee

Catharine MacKinnon

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Sarah Weddington

Roe v. Wade Attorney

Katharine Wolf

Social Challenge Advisor

Robyn Beavers

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Marissa Mayer

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Leila Janah

Global Economic Advocate

When Leila Janah became frustrated with the bureaucracy of international development, she didn't give up. Instead, started her own company, Samasource.

Dr. Susan Love

Breast Cancer Pioneer

Susan Love on breaking surgery's glass ceiling and her revolutionary approach to breast cancer.

Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce, Google

Maria Pepe

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Violet Palmer

First Female NBA Referee

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Vivian Stringer

Champion College Basketball Coach

Vivian Stringer on defying descrimination, inspiring coaching, and Don Imus's infamous remarks about her Rutgers team.

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Majora Carter

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Mae O'Malley

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Meg Whitman

Fortune 500 CEO

Wendy Clark

Sr. Marketing Executive, Coca-Cola

Sr. Marketing Executive at Coca-Cola, Wendy Clark, on the fearlessness she developed as a child, her drive to work in advertising, and the life-changing call from Coca-Cola.

Katharine Wolf

Social Challenge Advisor

The availability of organs for transplants depends entirely upon location. Katharine Wolf helped to found OrganJet, a company that uses private jets to move patients around the country when and where these organs become available.

Anna Maria Chávez

CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

Martha Stewart

Lifestyle Mogul

Lauren Bush Lauren

Global Nutrition Advocate

Rebecca Morris

Abstract Painter

Alexa von Tobel

Personal Finance Expert

Tracy K. Smith

Poet

Ruth Simmons

First African-American Ivy League President

Ruth Simmons on escaping poverty and discrimination through education, speaking her mind, and lingering insecurity.

Dena Simmons

Educator

Dena Simmons believes that the first step in educating children, is creating a safe environment for them to learn.

Joan Sullivan

Educator & Public Policy

Playwright, "The Vagina Monologues"

Catharine MacKinnon

Pioneering Legal Scholar

Dolores Huerta

Co-Founder, United Farm Workers

Diane Nash

Civil Rights Leader

Diane Nash on first encountering the Jim Crow South, desegregating lunch counters, and courageous leadership.

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.

Gloria Steinem

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Erin Brockovich

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