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Milla Bizzotto: The Youngest Competitor in a 24-Hour Obstacle Course Race
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Zoe Terry
Founder of Zoe's Dolls
After being bullied for her appearance, Terry decided to collect and distribute dolls to other girls so they would feel that they're beautiful.Margaret Hamilton
Lead software designer, Apollo missions
Hamilton's work prevented an abort of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Hamilton coined the term "software engineering." Hamilton was a badass.Hibah Rahmani
Pakistan-born NASA engineer
Hibah Rahmani fell in love with the stars on cold nights as a refugee, laying on desert sand and staring at the sky as she attempted to sleep - she's now a leading NASA engineer.Hedy Lamarr
Actress, sexual icon, brilliant inventor
Actress Hedy Lamarr's dual identities as sex icon and brilliant inventor so baffled the press that the latter went virtually unknown for decades.Bree Newsome
The badass who brought down the Confederate flag
Instead of waiting for politicians to bring down the much-maligned Confederate flag flying nearby the South Carolina capitol building, Bree Newsome got some climbing equipment and did it herself.Gertrude Sanford Legendre
The Socialite Spy Who Played So Dumb She Outsmarted the Nazis
Legendre worked for the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the CIA, during World War II. When she was captured by the Nazis, she managed to trick her captors and keep her knowledge secret.Ma Rainey
The Mother of the Blues
Ma Rainey made dozens of recordings, wore diamond tiaras and beaded gowns, and was once arrested for an intimate party involving several other women.Georgia Gilmore
The Cook Who Secretly Fed the Civil Rights Movement
She organized the Club From Nowhere - a collection of chefs who helped the effort in anonymity, to avoid reprisals in their personal and professional lives.Sarah Parcak
The Indiana Jones of the 21st Century
Parcak uses satellite imaging to identify potential archaeological sites. Now she wants to crowdsource that.Milla Bizzotto
The Youngest Competitor in a 24-Hour Obstacle Course Race
At 9 years old, Bizzotto was the youngest person to participate in--and complete--the BattleFrog Xtreme 24-hour race, running six 8-kilometer laps and numerous obstacles.Related Posts
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