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Lisa Andrus-Rivera

Lisa Andrus-Rivera is indeed a heroine, both to the hundreds of students she has taught in the...

Toni Cade Bambara

1939-1995   Toni Cade Bambara was a writer, activist, feminist, and filmmaker. Born Miltona...

Mildred Berselli

Mildred ("Millie" for short) was born May 13, 1916, in New York City. Mildred's...

Lucy Burns

1879-1966   Lucy Burns was noted as having spent more time in jail than any other American...

Janet Tom Cowal

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed...

Grace Hopper

Grace Brewster Murray was born on the 9th of December 1906 in New York City. Her father was an...

Elinore Nudelman

Elinore Katherine Maytrott was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923. Her humble beginnings may help...

Sorca Marie O'Connor

Sorca M. O’Connor, PhD, is Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Educational Policy,...

Nancy M. Porter

Born in 1936, Nancy Porter was raised an only child in rural upstate New York by parents determined...