Michelle Douglas

Michelle Douglas (1963 -     )

Canadian military officer discharged in 1989 pursuant to

the Canadian Armed Forces official LGBT Purge policy;

successful litigant in court settlement ending this policy.

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard (1952 -     )

American actor and activist for

many civil and human rights causes

Ashley Callingbull-Rabbit

Ashley Callingbull-Rabbit (1989 -     )

Canadian model, actor, beauty pageant competitor,

Titleholder of Mrs Universe 2015

and Miss Universe Canada 2024,

advocate for indigenous representation

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul (1962 -     )

American singer, dancer,

choreographer, actor and

media personality

Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958)

British chemist and x-ray crystallographer,

overlooked and unrecognized contributor

to the Nobel Prize winning discovery

of the molecular structure of DNA and RNA

Danielle Campo McLeod

Danielle Campo McLeod (1985 -     )

Canadian athlete, motivational speaker,

and disability rights activist,

Paralympic multi-medallist for Canada

in Women's Swimming

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah (1970 -     )

American rapper, singer, actor

Hiro Arikawa

Hiro Arikawa (1972 -     )

Japanese author

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore (1975 -     )

American actor and media personality

Ann Pornel

Ann Pornel

Canadian comedian, actor, TV host

Zoë Saldaña

Zoë Saldaña (1978 -     )

American actor

Melinda French Gates

Melinda French Gates (1964 -     )

American philanthropist

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez (1992 -     )

American singer, actor and business person

Tu Youyou

Tu Youyou (1930 -     )

Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist

2015 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology/Medicine

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992)

American writer, philosopher, poet,

intersectional feminist, civil rights activist

Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova (1937 -     )

Russian cosmonaut, engineer, politician,

First woman in space (1963)

Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa (1995 -     )

Albanian-British singer-songwriter

Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney (1966 -     )

American lawyer and politician

Republican Neoconservative

Principled opponent of Trump and MAGA

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett (1958 -     )

American actor

Jody Wilson-Raybould

Jody Wilson-Raybould (1971 -     )

Canadian lawyer, former federal politician, author

First Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada

Member of the We Wai Kai Nation in British Columbia

Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner (1990 -     )

American professional basketball player

WNBA Champion and All-Star

Three-time Olympic Gold Medallist

for United States in Women's Basketball

Carol Kane

Carol Kane (1952 -     )

American actor

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon (1984 -     )

American comedian and actor

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris (1964 -     )

American lawyer and politician

49th Vice President of the United States

Democratic Presidential Candidate, 2024

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols (1932 - 2022)

American actor

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe (1985 -     ) 

American singer-songwriter and actor,

non-binary, bisexual, pansexual.

"My pronouns are free-ass motherfucker—

and they/them, her/she."

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates (1948 -     )

American actor

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (1977 -     )

Canadian soprano -- opera, jazz, and gospel

Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz "The Queen of Salsa" (1925 - 2003)

Cuban-American singer,

Multiple Grammy Awards winner,

Honoured by the United States Mint in its

American Women Quarters Program, 2024

Carmen Carnero

Carmen Carnero

Spanish visual artist and

Marvel comic book artist