1. Jane Addams. Sociologist feminist, pacifist and reformer born in the United States in 1860. Addams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 their actions in support people in need, especially as discriminated against African Americans in those years. Addams is an example of committed leadership that goes beyond race, creed and even sexual preferences because she was a lesbian.
2. Madeleine Albright. Born in Prague Marie Jana Korbelová originally in 1937, was placed as the first woman to hold the State Secretariat of the United States appointed by Bill Clinton. Dealt with issues such as Clinton's sex scandal and operation Desert Fox. She currently teaches at Georgetown and is an activist against the genocide. It is also a close witness of the Nazi Holocaust.
3. Mary McLeod Bethune. educator and civic activist for civil rights for African Americans. He founded the Bethune-Cookman University, which initially was a school for six black students, and today houses about 3 000 500 students. Slave parents and lacking in childhood became part of Franklin Roosevelt's cabinet.
4. Hillary Rodham Clinton. The former Democratic candidate for president of America was born in Illinois in 1947. Is known to be first lady under the administration of Bill Clinton and being senator from New York. Clinton is the first frontrunner in more win more delegates and primaries. It is also an inevitable reference to U.S. policy.
5. Marian Wright Edelman. was born in South Carolina in 1939, the daughter of a Baptist preacher who influenced his thinking. During his education at Yale Law School is interested in civil rights. Marian Wright Edelman was the first African American woman to practice law. Added to this, Edelman is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
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