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“Women are moving into leadership at all levels, but to me not fast enough. When I first started here I was the only woman. You have to…

In Alaska, February 16 is designated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, “for her courageous, unceasing efforts to eliminate discrimination and…

She was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

She was the preeminent female African American civil rights leader in the 1930s-50s.

Fought for education for all, civil rights, and women’s rights, and published seven collections of poetry in the 1800s.

She also co-founded “The Women’s Era Club” for African-American women, and organized the “First National Conference of the Colored Women…

“Discrimination against women in education is one of the most insidious forms of prejudice extant in our nation.” — Representative Patsy T…

“I will have my voice. Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s tongue — my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I…