Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, actress, singer, dancer, and civil rights activist. She was a pioneering autobiographical writer who published seven autobiographies, including her most famous work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) about her childhood. Angelou also wrote essays, poetry, and is credited with work in film, television, and theater. 

Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was a pioneer in climate science and the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect

Stephanie Lynn Nicks is an American singer-songwriter who has found success both as a solo artist and with the band Fleetwood Mac. In 2008, she founded the non-profit Stevie Nicks Band Of Soldiers and has also supported aid for Ukrainian troops. Nicks has also made appearances in film and television, including American Horror Story (2014, 2018), Up All Night (2012), and The Voice (2014). She has a fear of flying and has toured by b

Winona LaDuke is an American environmentalist, writer, and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.

Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

Ulali is an a cappella group of women who self-identify as Native American. Founded in 1987, its current members include original members Pura Fé, Soni Moreno and Jennifer Kreisberg. Not all of the women are enrolled in a Native nation

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was recognized as rock's original Riot grrrl, the underground feminist punk movement.

Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother, Hans.

Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826