Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Ayn Rand02 February 1905, American, Russian
Writer
Samantha Power21 September 1970, American
Writer
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Helena Blavatsky12 August 1831, American, Russian
Philosopher
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Camille Paglia02 April 1947, American
Cultural critic
Esther Duflo25 October 1972, French, American
American-French Economist
Carol S. Dweck17 October 1976, American
Physiologists
Charlotte Perkins Gilman03 July 1860, American
Writer
Christina Hoff Sommers28 September 1950, American
Author, Philosopher
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24 May 1878, American
Mother of Modern Management
Radia Perlman18 December 1951, American
Computer Network Engineer
Emily Greene Balch08 January 1867, American
Social Activist
Janet Yellen13 August 1946, American
Economist
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Heather Cox Richardson1962 AD, American
Historian
Judith Butler24 February 1956, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
N. K. Jemisin19 September 1972, American
Novelist
Christine Blasey Ford28 November 1966, American
Professor
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Robin DiAngelo08 September 1956, American
Academic
Elizebeth Smith Friedman26 August 1892, American
Author
Laura Schlessinger16 January 1947, American
Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,
Dee Dee Myers01 September 1961, American
Political scientist
Martha Nussbaum06 May 1947, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Virginia Dare18 August 1587, American
Colonist
Judy Smith27 October 1958, American
Crisis manager
Pema Chodron14 July 1936, American
Philosopher
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Carol Dweck17 October 1946, American
Psychologist
Elinor Ostrom07 August 1933, American
Economist, Political scientist, University teacher
Judith Jarvis Thomson04 October 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich11 July 1938, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Alva Belmont17 January 1853, American
socialite
Marsha M. Linehan05 May 1943, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Writer
Barbara Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Historian
Elizabeth Loftus16 October 1944, American
Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Tara Brach17 May 1953, American
Psychologist
Joan Wallach Scott18 December 1941, American
Historian, University teacher
Drew Gilpin Faust18 September 1947, American
Historian, University teacher
Marija Gimbutas23 January 1921, American
Archaeologist
Amy Cuddy23 June 1972, American
Psychologist
Gayle Rubin1949 AD, American
Anthropologist, university teacher, essayist, LGBT
Grace Lee Boggs27 June 1915, American
Writer, Civil rights advocate, Non-fiction writer
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick02 May 1950, American
Academic Scholar
Deirdre McCloskey11 September 1942, American
Economist, Professor, Teacher
Mary Parker Follett03 September 1868, American
Social Woker
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Mary Ainsworth01 December 1913, Canadian, American
Psychologist
Mary Daly16 October 1928, American
Theologian, Writer, Philosopher, University
Antonia Novello23 August 1944, Puerto Rican, American
Former Surgeon General
Iris Marion Young02 January 1949, American
Political scientist, Philosopher, University
Patricia Hill Collins01 May 1948, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher,
Elaine Pagels13 February 1943, American
Historian
Christina Romer25 December 1958, American
Economist, University teacher
Irene Rosenfeld03 May 1953, American
Business Woman
Jean Ritchie08 December 1922, American
Historian, Singer, Musicologist, Musician,
Adrian Piper20 September 1948, American
Conceptual Artist
Alison Gopnik16 June 1955, American
Psychologist, Author, University teacher, Writer
Alexis Herman16 July 1947, American
Politician, Sociologist
Anne Treisman27 February 1935, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Helen Fisher31 May 1945, Canadian, American
Anthropologist
Ariel Durant10 May 1898, American, Russian
Researcher
Barbara De Angelis04 March 1951, American
Psychologist, Writer
Gertrude Himmelfarb08 August 1922, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
James Tiptree Jr.24 August 1915, American
Author
Mary Frances Berry17 February 1938, American
Historian
Christina H. Paxson06 February 1960, American
Economist
Johnnetta Cole19 October 1936, American
Anthropologist and educator
Theda Skocpol04 May 1947, American
Historian, Political scientist, Sociology,
Susanne Langer20 December 1895, American
Philosopher
Nel Noddings19 January 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Judith Martin13 September 1938, American
Economist, Journalist
Mary Whiton Calkins30 March 1863, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Gene Stratton-Porter17 August 1863, American
Author
Patricia Crone28 March 1945, American
Author
Julia Robinson08 December 1919, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Rosalind E. Krauss30 November 1941, American
Art Critic
Anna Schwartz11 November 1915, American
Economist
Linda Nochlin30 January 1931, American
Art historian
Elizabeth F. Ellet18 October 1818, American
Writer
Ellen Swallow Richards03 December 1842, American
Chemist, University teacher, Economist
Linda Hogan16 July 1947, American
Poet
Nancy Chodorow20 January 1944, American
Psychologist, Writer, Sociologist
Ellen Langer25 March 1947, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Gerda Lerner30 April 1920, American
Historian
Margaret Floy Washburn25 July 1871, American
Psychologist
Rosabeth Moss Kanter15 March 1943, American
Professor
Susan Athey29 November 1970, American
Economist
Stacy Schiff26 October 1961, American
Historian, Author, Journalist, Writer, Biographer
Mary Cover Jones01 September 1896, American
psychologist