• Simone de Beauvoir

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    Simone de Beauvoir in Paris, 1948.

  • Angella Nazarian

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    Angella Nazarian

  • Angella Nazarian

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    The cover of the book.

  • Cheng Yen

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    Dharma Master Cheng Yen at her desk.

  • Forugh Farrokhzad

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    Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad.

  • Jacqueline Novogratz

    Image Credit: Helene Binet

    Philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz in Bangladesh in 2009.

  • Martha Graham Emily Dickinson

    Image Credit: Barbara Morgan/CSU Archives/Everett Collection

    Martha Graham in “Letter to the World,” based on Emily Dickinson.

  • Rigoberta Mench&#250

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    Rigoberta Menchú, 1992 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Somaly Mam

    Image Credit: Norma Jean Roy/Everett Collection

    Anti-human-trafficking activist Somaly Mam.

  • Conchita Cintron

    Image Credit: AP

    Conchita Cintron preparing to kill a bull on horseback, Mexico City, 1942.

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