Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Helena Blavatsky12 August 1831, American, Russian
Philosopher
Camille Paglia02 April 1947, American
Cultural critic
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Christina Hoff Sommers28 September 1950, American
Author, Philosopher
Charlotte Perkins Gilman03 July 1860, American
Writer
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
Cokie Roberts27 December 1943, American
Journalist
Tara Westover27 September 1986, American
Memoirist
Judith Butler24 February 1956, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
Donna Brazile15 December 1959, American
Political strategist
N. K. Jemisin19 September 1972, American
Novelist
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Martha Nussbaum06 May 1947, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Carol Dweck17 October 1946, American
Psychologist
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Janet Yellen13 August 1946, American
Economist, Professor, Banker
Elinor Ostrom07 August 1933, American
Economist, Political scientist, University teacher
Laura Schlessinger16 January 1947, American
Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,
Virginia Dare18 August 1587, American
Colonist
Marjorie Merriweather Post15 March 1887, American
Socialite
Alva Belmont17 January 1853, American
socialite
Elizabeth Loftus16 October 1944, American
Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Frances Perkins10 April 1880, American
politician, sociologist
Judy Smith27 October 1958, American
Crisis manager
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Iris Chang28 March 1968, Chinese, American
Historian, Journalist, Writer
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Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Amy Cuddy23 June 1972, American
Psychologist
Dee Dee Myers01 September 1961, American
Political scientist
Antonia Novello23 August 1944, Puerto Rican, American
Former Surgeon General
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Drew Gilpin Faust18 September 1947, American
Historian, University teacher
Barbara W. Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer, Biographer
Mary Ainsworth01 December 1913, Canadian, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Marsha M. Linehan05 May 1943, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Writer
Mary Whiton Calkins30 March 1863, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Marija Gimbutas23 January 1921, American
Archaeologist
Tara Brach17 May 1953, American
Psychologist
Deirdre McCloskey11 September 1942, American
Economist, Professor, Teacher
Grace Lee Boggs27 June 1915, American
Writer, Civil rights advocate, Non-fiction writer
Mary Daly16 October 1928, American
Theologian, Writer, Philosopher, University
Gayle Rubin1949 AD, American
Anthropologist, university teacher, essayist, LGBT
Anne Treisman27 February 1935, British, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Charlotte Laws11 May 1960, American
Politician
Anna J. Cooper10 August 1858, American
Historian, Writer
Patricia Hill Collins01 May 1948, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher,
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich11 July 1938, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Alison Gopnik16 June 1955, American
Psychologist, Author, University teacher, Writer
Ellen Swallow Richards03 December 1842, American
Chemist, University teacher, Economist
Joan Wallach Scott18 December 1941, American
Historian, University teacher
Judith Martin13 September 1938, American
Economist, Journalist
Iris Marion Young02 January 1949, American
Political scientist, Philosopher, University
Judith Jarvis Thomson04 October 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Theda Skocpol04 May 1947, American
Historian, Political scientist, Sociology,
Barbara De Angelis04 March 1951, American
Psychologist, Writer
Faye Wattleton08 July 1943, American
Midwife, Registered nurse, Author, News presenter
Nel Noddings19 January 1929, American
Philosopher, University teacher
Jean Ritchie08 December 1922, American
Historian, Singer, Musicologist, Musician,
Julia Robinson08 December 1919, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Gertrude Himmelfarb08 August 1922, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
Alexis Herman16 July 1947, American
Politician, Sociologist
Stacy Schiff26 October 1961, American
Historian, Author, Journalist, Writer, Biographer
Mary Cover Jones01 September 1896, American
psychologist
Nancy Chodorow20 January 1944, American
Psychologist, Writer, Sociologist
Ellen Langer25 March 1947, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Margaret Floy Washburn25 July 1871, American
Psychologist
Eugenie Scott24 October 1945, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Sandra Bem22 June 1944, American
Psychologist
Nancy Scheper-Hughes25 September 1944, American
anthropologist
Sherry Ortner19 September 1941, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Barbara Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Historian
Ruth Barcan Marcus02 August 1921, American
Philosopher
Helene Deutsch09 October 1884, Polish, American
Psychologist, Psychiatrist
Pema Chodron14 July 1936, American
Philosopher
Susanne Katherina Langer20 December 1895, American
Christina Romer25 December 1958, American
Economist, University teacher