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Jovita Idar was a Latina journalist who worked for an end to segregation and racism.
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Jeannette Rankin made history as the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
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She created the 1619 Project on slavery for The New York Times Magazine.
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Zitkála-Šá co-composed and wrote the libretto for the first American Indian opera.
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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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Williamina Fleming went from doing domestic work to becoming a trailblazing astronomer.
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Tye Leung Schulze was the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election.
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Rose Schneiderman was a pioneering labor organizer and suffragist.
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Maggie Lena Walker was the first African-American woman bank founder and president.
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Lillian Gilbreth was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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Ynés Mexía became one of the most accomplished plant collectors of her time.
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Queen Lili‘uokalani was the first sovereign queen, and the last monarch of Hawai'i.
