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2023 Overview Video

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Roberta Achtenberg
Government Official
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Jane Addams
Activist
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Ethel Allen
Trailblazing Politician
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Marin Alsop
Trailblazing Conductor
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Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
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Ninia Baehr & Genora Dancel
Marriage Equality Pioneers
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Tammy Baldwin
Congresswoman
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Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
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Natalie Barney
Author
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Katharine Lee Bates
Songwriter
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Deborah Batts
First Out Federal Judge
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Alison Bechdel
Cartoonist
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Miriam Ben-Shalom
Soldier/Activist
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Gladys Bentley
Blues Performer
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Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz
Employee Benefits Plaintiffs
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Selisse Berry
Workplace Pioneer
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Carolyn Bertozzi
Scientist
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Bernice Bing
Artist
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Elizabeth Birch
HRC Executive Director
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Sue Bird
WNBA Superstar
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Joan Biren
Documentarian
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Jackie Biskupski
Mayor of Salt Lake City
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Mary Bonauto
Lawyer
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Ivy Bottini
Women’s and LGBT Activist
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Ana Brnabić
Prime Minister of Serbia
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Rita Mae Brown
Author/Illustrator
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Charlotte Bunch
Scholar and Activist
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Eliza Byard
LGBTQ Youth Advocate
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Patrick Califia
Author
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Margarethe Cammermeyer
Military Officer
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Brandi Carlile
Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
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Rachel Carson
Environmental Pioneer
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Mandy Carter
Activist
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Willa Cather
Author
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Tracy Chapman
Singer/Songwriter
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Debra Chasnoff
Documentary Filmmaker
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Staceyann Chin
Poet/Performer
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Meg Christian
Feminist Singer-Songwriter
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Kate Clinton
Comedian, Actor
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Kitty Cone
Disability Rights Activist
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Angie Craig
Groundbreaking Congresswoman
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Nancy Cárdenas
Mexican Writer & Activist
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Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
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Sharice Davids
Native American Congresswoman
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Angela Davis
Civil Rights Activist
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Madeline Davis
LGBT Activist & Historian
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Elsie de Wolfe
Interior Designer
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Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian
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Lea Delaria
Comedian & Actor
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Stormé DeLarverie
Stonewall Activist
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Emily Dickinson
Poet
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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
19th Century Orator
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Babe Didrickson
Golf Legend
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Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
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Elana Dykewomon
Author & Activist
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Denise Eger
Rabbi
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Ruth Ellis
Activist
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Melissa Etheridge
Singer and songwriter
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Edythe Eyde
Gay Publishing Pioneer
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Lillian Faderman
LGBT Historian
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Sharon Farmer
White House Photographer
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Jodie Foster
Actor
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Darlene Garner
LGBT Activist
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Barbara Gittings
Gay Pioneer
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Mary Douglas Glasspool
Episcopal Bishop
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Jewelle Gomez
Novelist
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Lesley Gore
Singer & Composer
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Angelina Weld Grimké
Poet and Playwright
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Brittney Griner
WNBA Superstar
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Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju
Indian LGBTQ Rights Lawyers
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Radclyffe Hall
English Author
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Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright and Activist
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Sherry Harris
Politician
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Maura Healey
Governor of Massachusetts
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Mary Kay Henry
Labor Activist
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Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer
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Zora Neale Hurston
Author & Folklorist
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Janis Ian
Singer-Songwriter
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Karine Jean-Pierre
White House Press Secretary
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Johnnie Phelps
Decorated WWII Veteran
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Cherry Jones
Actor and filmmaker
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June Jordan
Poet
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Barbara Jordan
Congresswoman
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Roberta Kaplan
Marriage Equality Lawyer
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Frances Kellor
Social Activist
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Kate Kendell
Attorney
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Tina Kotek
Governor of Oregon
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Kathy Kozachenko
First “Out” Elected Official
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Sheila Kuehl
First openly gay member of the California Legislature
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Kay Lahusen
Gay Pioneer
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k.d. lang
Singer/Songwriter
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Queen Latifah
Entertainer
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Annie Leibovitz
Photographer
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Steve Letsike
South African Activist
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Lori Lightfoot
Mayor of Chicago
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Anne Lister
Pioneering Feminist
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Audre Lorde
Author
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Sharon Lubinski
U.S. Marshal
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Jane Lynch
Actor and filmmaker
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Patsy Lynch
Photographer
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Claudia López
Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
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Rachel Maddow
Commentator
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Nancy Mahon
Philanthropy Advocate
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Irshad Manji
Muslim Reformist
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Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon
Founders of the first lesbian organization and the first same-sex couple married in California
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Amélie Mauresmo
Athlete
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Anne McClain
NASA Astronaut
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Kate McKinnon
SNL Comedian
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Constance McMillen
Youth Activist
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Marijane Meaker
Pulp Fiction Pioneer
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Katherine Miller
Activist/Educator
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Lauren Morelli
Writer & Producer
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Julia Morgan
Architect
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Pauli Murray
Attorney and Civil Rights Activist
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Sherri Murrell
Basketball Coach
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Martina Navratilova
Tennis Champion
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Joan Nestle
Historian
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Florence Nightingale
Health Care Advocate
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Elaine Noble
Politician
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Ann Northrop
Pioneering AIDS Activist & Journalist
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Diana Nyad
Long-distance Swimmer
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Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actor and activist
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Mary Oliver
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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Catherine Opie
Photographer
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Suze Orman
Financial Expert
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Jess O’Connell
National Democratic Strategist
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Jean O’Leary
Pioneering Activist
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Antonia Pantoja
Educator and Activist
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Annise Parker
Mayor of Houston
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Christine Quinn
New York City Council Speaker
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Megan Rapinoe
Olympic Soccer Player
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Laura Ricketts
Co-Owner of the Chicago Cubs
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Sally Ride
National Hero
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Robin Roberts
TV Broadcaster
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Hilary Rosen
Commentator
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Sappho
Seventh Century B.C. Poet
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland
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Tammy Smith
U.S. General
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Megan Smith
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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Ethel Smyth
Composer & Suffragette
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Dusty Springfield
Singer and Songwriter
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Gertrude Stein
Author/Commentator
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Susan B. Anthony
American Suffragist
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Swe Zin Htet
Miss Universe Contestant
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Kara Swisher
Journalist & Podcaster
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Sheryl Swoopes
Athlete
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Wanda Sykes
Comedian, Actor
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Doris Taylor
Cutting-Edge Medical Scientist
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Evelyn Thomas
Evelyn Thomas - U.S. Military Activist
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Lily Tomlin
Actor
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Mary Trump
Author & Former President's Niece
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Mpho Tutu van Furth
South African Anglican Priest
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Virginia Uribe
Educator
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Urvashi Vaid
Activist
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Lupe Valdez
Sheriff
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Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer
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Lillian Wald
Community Nursing Founder
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Alice Walker
Author and Feminist
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Amy Walter
Political Analyst
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Deborah Waxman
National Rabbinical Leader
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Samira Wiley
Emmy-Winning Actor
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Edie Windsor
Marriage Equality Hero
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Penny Wong
Australian Foreign Minister
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Chely Wright
Award-Winning Country Music Star
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Alice Wu
Film Director
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