Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements .

Dolores Huerta was a pioneering labor and feminist activist who fought for farmworkers’ rights while confronting the gendered barriers that limited women’s leadership within social justice movements, helping to redefine power, voice, and accountability.

Mierle Laderman Ukeles transformed undervalued domestic and civic labor into public, visible, and celebrated artistic practice, thereby shifting cultural conversations about gender parity in both art and society.