Alison Bechdel
Lesbian Feminist Cartoonist Who Gave Us the Bechdel Test
Pauli Murray
Queer Civil Rights Lawyer & Episcopal Priest Who Wrote the Civil Rights “Bible”
Julie d’Aubigny (aka Mademoiselle Maupin)
Bisexual French Duelist & Opera Singer
Lucille Bogan
One of the First Recorded Blues Singers & Pioneer of “Dirty Blues”
Recent BROADS
Gudrid the Well-TraveledBrave Viking Adventurer
Simone BilesGOAT Gymnast and Human Being- Victoria C. WoodhullFirst Woman to Run for U.S. President
Shirley ChisholmFirst African American Woman to Run for President of the United States
Dervla MurphyIrish Travel Writer Who Bicycled Across the World
Our Popular BROADS
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Pine Leaf Woman Chief
Two-Spirit Native American Chief Who Led With Peace
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Olga of Kyiv
Viking Queen & Patron Saint of Widows and Converts
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“Half-Hanged Mary” Webster
The "Witch" of Hadley and ancestor of Margaret Atwood, inspiring her poem and dedication of the "The Handmaid's Tale".
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Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
New Zealand’s Youngest Māori MP
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Molly Craig
The Aborigine Girl Who Walked 1,000 Miles
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Nancy Dowd
Breakout Female 70’s Screenwriter
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Frida Kahlo
Mexican Painter & Revolutionary Best Known for Her Work Exploring the Concepts of Identity, Pain, and Mexican Heritage
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Betsy Ross
Designer of the first American Flag