Inspiring women

Why only women, you might ask? Because Ginger Rogers danced every step as did Fred Astaire, but backwards and on high heels. And he's the famous dancer. It's harder to be a woman.

Who's on your list?


ARTS/MOVIES/LITERATURE

Bette Midler
Helen Mirren
Judy Blume
Judy Densch
Pearl Buck
Meryl Streep
Betty White
M.K. Fisher
Virginia Woolf
Oprah Winfrey
Ellen DeGeneres
Lillian Hellman
Isak Dinesen
Maggie Smith

WORLD TRAVEL/DISCOVERY

Alexandra David-Neal
Madame Blavatsky

POLITICS/LEADERSHIP

Angela Merkel
Catherine the Great
Rita Colwell
Eleanor Roosevelt

ACADEMICS/RESEARCH

Karen Horney
Jane Goodall
Margaret Mead
Stephanie Coontz
Virginia Valian