08/03/2023
Happy International Women's Day to all our fellow female identifying founders!
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Who inspires you? Tell us below ↴
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1. FRIDA KAHLO - Having faced adversity throughout her life including polio as a child and spinal and pelvis damage from a car accident, she transmuted this pain into becoming a world-renowned self-portrait painter. She has since served as a role model for generations of artists, people with disabilities and bisexual women.
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2. MARGARET SANGER, S*x Educator (1879-1966) - Because if you've ever gone to a Planned Parenthood or used birth control, you have her to thank.
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3. INDIRA DEVI - In 1942, as the only woman in the press gallery, she became known as the ‘Radio Princess’ carving a path for the female voice in media.
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4. PRINCESS DIANA - Amongst her many humanitarian efforts, she was also an exemplary leader of being true to oneself.
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5. LAUREN HILL, a prolific speaker, singer, songwriter, producer, activist, and performer.
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6. ALTHEA GIBSON - Because before Venus, before Serena, there was Althea, who in 1957 became the first African American to win Wimbledon. (THEN...she did it again in 1958!)
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7. CHRISTINE JORGENSEN - became the first person to publicly transition from male to female in the United States.
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8. THE FEMINIST FIVE - Arrested in 2015 after planning to speak out against sexual harassment on public transportation in Beijing, protests started internationally, leaving a mark on China's feminist history.
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9. RUTH BADER GINSBURG - The first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, She fought tirelessly for gender equality under the law.
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10. GABRIELLE UNION - A force to be reckoned with, Union supports causes for racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, violence against women of colour, voting rights, eradicating poverty, and more.
