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Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour is a British-American fashion journalist, most known as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue from 1988 until 2025.
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Claire McCardell

Claire McCardell was an American designer who transformed women’s fashion, creating accessible and comfortable designs for the everyday woman.
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Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an Impressionist artist known for her depictions of women’s domestic lives in the 19th century and her technical innovations to her artistic practice.
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Mierle Laderman Ukeles

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.
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Glenna Goodacre

Glenna Goodacre was a renowned sculptor who received national recognition with her public sculpture projects, such as the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, the Irish Memorial, and the Sacagawea coin design.
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Beyoncé is the most decorated and nominated artist in GRAMMY history, and has built her career on continuing Black musical traditions and excellency.
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Peggy Fleming

Peggy Fleming is a renowned American figure skater known for her graceful skating style and her 1968 Olympic gold medal. She continues to advocate for expanded access to figure skating and women’s health.
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Wendy Red Star

Wendy Red Crow is an Apsáalooke (Crow) artist who through her work explores themes of Native history, resistance, and cultural heritage.
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Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, was an internationally acclaimed singer and dynamic stage performer from the 1940s to the start of the 21st century.
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Mary Burrill

Mary P. Burrill was a celebrated playwright whose works inspired many prominent writers of the New Negro Movement/Harlem Renaissance.
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Frances Marion

The winner of two Academy Awards, Frances Marion is credited with writing more than 130 produced films during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras.
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Rosie Lee Tompkins

Rosie Lee Tompkins was a renowned African-American quiltmaker whose dazzling work helped bring a new appreciation to the artistic form.
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