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Gladys Bentley was a musical sensation and gender identity pioneer.
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Tye Leung Schulze was the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election.
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Lillian Gilbreth was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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Anna May Wong spent her acting career resisting racism and typecasting in Hollywood.
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Lois Weber was an early film pioneer and one of the first directors to own a film studio.
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Louise Arner Boyd was the first American woman to lead arctic expeditions.
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Ynés Mexía became one of the most accomplished plant collectors of her time.
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Maggie Lena Walker was the first African-American woman bank founder and president.
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Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman aviator.
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Jovita Idar was a Latina journalist who worked for an end to segregation and racism.
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Mary Church Terrell was a suffragist, civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP.
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Queen Lili‘uokalani was the first sovereign queen, and the last monarch of Hawai'i.
