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America’s first female mayor was elected 130 years ago. Men nominated her as a cruel joke.:
Men nominated her to make fun of her. Then she won.
Susanna Salter: America's First Female Mayor
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Karrie Keyes
Pearl Jam's Sound Engineer for Over Twenty Years
Keyes is one of very few female sound engineers, working with bands like Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers for over thirty years.Maud Wagner
The First American Female Tattoo Artist
Wagner was a circus aerialist and contortionist who learned how to tattoo from the man who would become her husband.Stephanie Steninger
Kickboxing Instructor who Fought Off Kidnapper
“He invaded *my* space,” she said. “I have a right to be on that trail.”Tatsiana Khvitsko
Amputee Runner and Bodybuilder
Born without legs and most of her fingers in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, Tatsiana Khvitsko has since taken up running and bodybuilding.Ruth Coker Burks
The Cemetery Angel
In 1984, when nurses would draw straws to avoid entering the room of a patient with AIDS, and pharmacies would refuse to keep the pens of someone who worked with people with AIDS, she cared for hundreds of them with compassion and love.Phoebe Snetsinger
One of the World's Greatest Birders
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Snetsinger became driven to become the world's best birder, eventually seeing around 85% of the bird species on the entire planet.Gitanjali Rao
11-Year-Old Lead-Detecting Inventor
The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster.Mikaila Ulmer
Young Entrepreneur Out to Save Bees
After becoming fascinated by bees, Mikaila started a business selling lemonade in order to help them.Grace Humiston
America's First Female Chief Federal Prosecutor
America’s first female chief federal prosecutor not only put herself in harm’s way to end abusive labor practices, she later became a PI and solved murders.Susanna Salter
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