Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Helena Blavatsky12 August 1831, American, Russian
Philosopher
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Samantha Power21 September 1970, American
Writer
Camille Paglia02 April 1947, American
Cultural critic
Esther Duflo25 October 1972, French, American
American-French Economist
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
Carol S. Dweck17 October 1976, American
Physiologists
Christine Blasey Ford28 November 1966, American
Professor
Robin DiAngelo08 September 1956, American
Academic
Heather Cox Richardson1962 AD, American
Historian
Judith Butler24 February 1956, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
N. K. Jemisin19 September 1972, American
Novelist
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Janet Yellen13 August 1946, American
Economist
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Virginia Dare18 August 1587, American
Colonist
Martha Nussbaum06 May 1947, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Carol Dweck17 October 1946, American
Psychologist
Laura Schlessinger16 January 1947, American
Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Elinor Ostrom07 August 1933, American
Economist, Political scientist, University teacher
Dee Dee Myers01 September 1961, American
Political scientist
Alva Belmont17 January 1853, American
socialite
Judy Smith27 October 1958, American
Crisis manager
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Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Drew Gilpin Faust18 September 1947, American
Historian, University teacher
Elizabeth Loftus16 October 1944, American
Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher
Antonia Novello23 August 1944, Puerto Rican, American
Former Surgeon General
Marsha M. Linehan05 May 1943, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Writer
Grace Lee Boggs27 June 1915, American
Writer, Civil rights advocate, Non-fiction writer
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Tara Brach17 May 1953, American
Psychologist
Marija Gimbutas23 January 1921, American
Archaeologist
Amy Cuddy23 June 1972, American
Psychologist
Mary Parker Follett03 September 1868, American
Social Woker
Gayle Rubin1949 AD, American
Anthropologist, university teacher, essayist, LGBT
Mary Whiton Calkins30 March 1863, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Mary Ainsworth01 December 1913, Canadian, American
Psychologist
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick02 May 1950, American
Academic Scholar
Deirdre McCloskey11 September 1942, American
Economist, Professor, Teacher
Mary Daly16 October 1928, American
Theologian, Writer, Philosopher, University
James Tiptree Jr.24 August 1915, American
Author
Iris Marion Young02 January 1949, American
Political scientist, Philosopher, University
Elaine Pagels13 February 1943, American
Historian
Patricia Hill Collins01 May 1948, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher,
Joan Wallach Scott18 December 1941, American
Historian, University teacher
Margaret Floy Washburn25 July 1871, American
Psychologist
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich11 July 1938, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Charlotte Laws11 May 1960, American
Politician
Irene Rosenfeld03 May 1953, American
Business Woman
Judith Jarvis Thomson04 October 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Adrian Piper20 September 1948, American
Conceptual Artist
Barbara De Angelis04 March 1951, American
Psychologist, Writer
Anne Treisman27 February 1935, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Ariel Durant10 May 1898, American, Russian
Researcher
Susan Athey29 November 1970, American
Economist
Susanne Langer20 December 1895, American
Philosopher
Gene Stratton-Porter17 August 1863, American
Author
Gertrude Himmelfarb08 August 1922, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
Patricia Crone28 March 1945, American
Author
Theda Skocpol04 May 1947, American
Historian, Political scientist, Sociology,
Ellen Swallow Richards03 December 1842, American
Chemist, University teacher, Economist
Stacy Schiff26 October 1961, American
Historian, Author, Journalist, Writer, Biographer
Elizebeth Smith Friedman26 August 1892, American
Author
Judith Martin13 September 1938, American
Economist, Journalist
Jean Ritchie08 December 1922, American
Historian, Singer, Musicologist, Musician,
Alison Gopnik16 June 1955, American
Psychologist, Author, University teacher, Writer
Nel Noddings19 January 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Johnnetta Cole19 October 1936, American
Anthropologist and educator
Alexis Herman16 July 1947, American
Politician, Sociologist
Anna Schwartz11 November 1915, American
Economist
Mary Frances Berry17 February 1938, American
Historian
Julia Robinson08 December 1919, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Nancy Chodorow20 January 1944, American
Psychologist, Writer, Sociologist
Ellen Langer25 March 1947, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Gerda Lerner30 April 1920, American
Historian
Harriot Stanton Blatch20 January 1856, American
Writer
Elizabeth F. Ellet18 October 1818, American
Writer
Rosalind E. Krauss30 November 1941, American
Art Critic
Marcia McNutt19 February 1952, American
Geophysicist
Linda Nochlin30 January 1931, American
Art historian
Rosabeth Moss Kanter15 March 1943, American
Professor
Eugenie Scott24 October 1945, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Linda Hogan16 July 1947, American
Poet
Eliza R. Snow21 January 1804, American
Poet
Pearl Primus29 November 1919, American
Dancer
Nancy Scheper-Hughes25 September 1944, American
anthropologist