November 6: Jila Baniyaghoob and Amira Hass

Courageous journalists Jila Baniyaghoob and Amira Hass take a stand against social oppression and risk their lives to speak out. Overcoming verbal and physical assaults and even imprisonment, their coverage of injustices against women has garnered both of them awards from The International Women's Media Foundation.

 
Learn More About Jila and Amira Here
 
 

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Rebecca Singer
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Michelle Obama
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Jan. 30
Bobbi Brown
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Feb. 6
Valerie Jarrett
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Feb. 13
Debbie Stabenow
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Feb. 20
Elizabeth Nabel
President, NHLBI


Feb. 27
Marcia Cross
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March 6
Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Secretary of State


March 13
Dorothy "Dot" Richardson
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March 20
Joan Bradley Wages
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April 10
Lilly Ledbetter
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April 17
Majora Carter
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April 24
Michele Ridge
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May 1
Kamala Harris
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May 8
Marcia Greenberger
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May 22
Gloria Steinem
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June 5
Amy Palmer
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June 12
Captain Maureen Pennington
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June 19
Vivian Stringer
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June 26
Patsy Bates
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July 3
Queen Latifah
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Sonia Sotomayor
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Maria Shriver
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August 14
Jody Landers
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Lynda Resnick
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August 28
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September 11
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