Environmentalist, activist, and former political candidate Marquita Bradshaw was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee. She was the first Black woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee…
Octavia E. Butler was one of the first African American and female science fiction writers to break into the male-dominated genre. As a feminist and a pioneer, she wrote works that explored race, political disparity, poverty, morality, global warming, women’s rights, and gender. She was first published in the mid-1970s and kept on at a prolific pace until her death at the age of 58…
An icon of Black culture, Maya Angelou has carved out a space in American history that will be recognized for a long time to come. Her autobiographical writing style gave the world her best-known book, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” Her works center on racism, identity, family, and travel…
First Daughter Ashley Biden is the only child of President Joe and First Lady Jill Biden. She is a social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. Biden is a private person and has no public social media presence. She has also said that she will not have a job in her father’s administration…
Henrietta Szold was an American Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Hadassah was her greatest accomplishment, and under her influence it became the largest and most powerful Zionist group in the United States, fundraising and setting up hospitals, food banks, nursing schools, and social work programs…
Landmines are considered among the most insidious and ruthless weapons ever created, as they do not distinguish between armed soldiers, civilians, or children. Jody Williams made it her mission to officially forbid and clear anti-personnel landmines, with her establishment of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Mira Sorvino is an award-winning actress who has appeared in close to 100 film and television roles and is a diligent social activist who has stepped up for numerous causes. Sorvino has been cast in roles that range from comedy to horror to romantic mystery thriller…
An icon of the women’s rights movement, Betty Friedan was a force for change and broke new ground when her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique was released. It explored the idea that women could find personal fulfillment outside of traditional stereotypes and is often credited with starting the second wave of the Feminist Movement in the 20th century…
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist Alice Paul said. Paul was at the forefront of the emerging women’s rights movement in the early 1900s and was determined to secure the right to vote for the more than 20 million women that were denied it…
Being a queer Jewish political activist, Susan Sontag was no stranger to controversy. Her sharply defined opinions on the gay community, culture and media, human rights, leftist ideology, and photography – along with a penchant for traveling to and writing about areas of conflict – gained her notoriety and literary acclaim throughout her career…
