Congresswoman Debra Haaland will make US history in 2021. As a member of the Laguna Pueblo, she will be the first Native American in the powerful federal agency. She will oversee the nation’s treaties with native tribes and be in…
NASA announced the names of the 18 astronauts that will start training for its new moon mission, Artemis. Of the 18, half are women. One of them will be the first woman to walk on the moon. Safety is a…
In 1994, Jeannie Leavitt was the first U.S. Air Force female fighter pilot accepted for combat. A skilled pilot, Leavitt graduated top of her class in 1993. She got first choice of aircraft and she picked the F-15E fighter jet…
When Joy Milne first noticed her husband Les smelled bad, she thought he needed to shower. It turned out she was able to smell Parkinson’s disease on Les more than ten years before he was diagnosed. Joy was a nurse…
Audrey Pe had an early passion for technology growing up in the Philippines. But she was discouraged. Pe was told she wouldn’t fit in with tech types, that she would be the only girl. In response, she started a nonprofit…
Stephanie Briggs is a leader who saved a small business in the year 2019. When Wicker Emporium was closing down, Stephanie purchased a store to reopen it. On the one-year anniversary of the reopening on Prince Edward Island, Stephanie decided…
As of February of 2020, an extraordinary soldier is working to complete the US Army’s Special Forces Qualification Course. Once the unidentified woman does, she’ll be the first female Green Beret in history. In order to earn this title, must…
Salina Almanzar is a Lantix artist and activist. One of her art projects, a mural on the Water Street Mission, was dubbed on to the top 50 public art projects in the U.S. She said the roots of her work…
A new traveling exhibit titled “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists” is celebrating the artwork of Native American women. This exhibit seeks to recognize and celebrate Native women who have previously gone unnamed. Art exhibits have historically underrepresented Native…
The U.S. space agency is planning a 2024 moon landing. This mission will include two astronauts, and at least one will be a woman. This unnamed astronaut will be the first woman to land on the moon. NASA astronaut Christina…