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Founder, Children's Defense Fund

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Kathrine Switzer

First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon

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Catharine MacKinnon

Pioneering Legal Scholar

Judy Blume

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Malika Saada Saar

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Julie Rofman

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First Woman Conductor of a Major American Orchestra

Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, talks about the moment she realized she wanted to work in music, her mother's support of her dream and the challenge of becoming the first female conductor of a major American orchestra.

Laura Owens

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Laura Owens talks about the motivation behind her paintings and how she forged a career in the competitive art world.

Maya Lin

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Pioneering Latina Writer

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Anna Maria Chávez

CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

Monica Crowley

Conservative Commentator & Author

Fox News commentator and author Monica Crowley on how one letter led to a life changing job with former President Richard Nixon, a chance at television, and a career as a conservative analyst.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on breaking legal ground for women, her first case before the Supreme Court, and her husband's support.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

First Latina Elected to Congress

Kay Bailey Hutchison

U.S. Senator (R-Texas)

Nancy Pelosi

First Female Speaker of the US House Of Representatives

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Robyn Beavers

Sustainability Pioneer

Robyn Beavers is traversing new frontiers...very carefully. As a civil engineer who works on environmental sustainability projects, Beavers helps companies grow their businesses, while they nourish the environment.

Katharine Wolf

Social Challenge Advisor

France Córdova

First Female Chief Scientist at NASA

Susan Wojcicki

Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce, Google

Bethany Hamilton

Professional Surfer

Danica Patrick

Champion Race Car Driver

Violet Palmer

First Female NBA Referee

Hope Solo

Professional Athlete

Hope Solo hopes that we can teach young girls to focus more on themselves, and not what other think of them.

Billie Jean King

Tennis Champion & Activist

Billie Jean King on fighting for equality in professional tennis and the broader impact of her famous "Battle of the Sexes" match.

Vivian Stringer

Champion College Basketball Coach

Marlen Esparza

Boxer

Kathrine Switzer

First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon

Katharine Wolf

Social Challenge Advisor

Diane von Furstenberg

Iconic Fashion Designer

Alexis Maybank & Alexandra Wilkis Wilson Gilt Groupe

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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.

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.

Ursula Burns

CEO, Xerox Corporation

Anne Wojcicki

Co-Founder & CEO, 23andMe

Groundbreaking Scholar & College President

Joan Sullivan

Educator & Public Policy

Asenath Andrews

Educator

Andrews speaks about growing up in Detroit, how she came to be the founding principal of Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant teen girls and mothers, and her experience being there.

Dena Simmons

Educator

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

Barbara Smith

Groundbreaking Publisher of Women of Color

Alexa von Tobel

Personal Finance Expert

Michelle Rhee

Education Reformer

Jane Chen

Non-Profit Healthcare Advocate

Malika Saada Saar

Human Rights for Girls

Maritza Alarcon

Youth Empowerment Organizer

Lauri Burns

Teen Advocate

Burns on her abusive and tumultuous upbringing and what led her to becoming an advocate for foster kids and homeless teens with the Teen Project.

Letty Cotty Pogrebin

Author & Co-Founder of Ms. Magazine

Co-founder of Ms. Magazine Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her successful early career and how writing a book led her to the feminist philosophy that would change the course of her life.

Faye Wattleton

Former President, Planned Parenthood of America

Boston Women's Health Book Collective BWHC

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Zainab Salbi

Founder, Women for Women International

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