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Mira Modi
11-year-old cryptographic entrepreneur
When her mother started paying her to generate secure passwords, she realized other people would do the same.Gisella Perl
A Doctor in Auschwitz
"I learned that [pregnant women] were all taken to the research block to be used as guinea pigs, and then two lives would be thrown into the crematorium. I decided that never again would there be a pregnant woman in Auschwitz.''Margaret Crane
Creator of the Home Pregnancy Test
In 1968, the tests to determine whether someone was pregnant were done in labs, and the results sent to a doctor, who would relay it to the patient--a process which could take weeks. Margaret Crane changed that.Egypt “Ify” Ufele
10-Year Old Creator of Plus-Sized, Nigerian-Themed Fashion Line
Ify was bullied at school for her size. In response, she started an Instagram account and a fashion line.Mary Shanley
"Deadshot" Mary
A detective for the NYPD (eventually becoming the fourth woman there to make first-grade detective), Shanley was a frequent subject of contemporary newspapers.Nzingha Prescod
Olympian Fencer
Nzingha is only 23 years old and already competing in her second Olympics.Clementine Paddleford
The Woman Who Revolutionized the Art of Food Writing
Paddleford spent years writing about food in America, traveling all over the country (and the world) to report on regional cuisine.Ida Tarbell
The Journalist Who Took On The Tycoon
30 years after John Rockefeller Sr laid her family low with his shady deals, she laid him low with her journalism.Emily Warren Roebling
The first woman field engineer
When the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge fell ill, his wife took over. For eleven years.Ali Stroker
The First Person in a Wheelchair to Perform on Broadway
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