Discover and connect with these Women leaders who helped make our country strive to be a fair and equal place
ELLEN OCHOA
Born in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
The first ever Hispanic Woman to go to space in 1993
First Hispanic, and second female, director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX
Member of the Discovery STS-96 crew that executed the first docking to the International Space Station (ISS) in 1993
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Sojourner Truth
Born into slavery in 1797 where she was subjected to harsh physical labor and violent punishments
Freed and then became an outspoken abolitionist and civil and women’s rights activist
Gave numerous speeches about the horrors of slavery and encouraged young men to join the Union’s cause when the Civil War broke out
Dolores Huerta
Born in 1930 in New Mexico Influential labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association
Led workers' rights protests, advocated for safer working conditions, and fought for unemployment
Recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award (1998) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)