Women of The World

Aviation Peggy Baty, Ph.D. / President and Founder of Women in Aviation International

High-Technology Jean Bartik / First ENIAC computer programmer

Carol Bartz / CEO of Autodesk Inc., fourth largest PC software company in the world and highest ranking female CEO in the software industry

Kim Polese / CEO of Marimba Inc.

Esther Dyson / High-tech guru and author of The Accidental Techie

Music, Arts and Entertainment Gloria Borders / Vice President and General Manager of Skywalker Sound, Academy Award winner for Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Academy Award nominee for Forrest Gump

Julie Corman / President of Trinity Pictures

Leslie Ann Jones / Scoring Manager - Mixer at Skywalker Sound. Skywalker Sound is an audio post production facility and winner of 11 Academy Awards.

Loretha Jones / Executive Producer of The Parenthood weekly sitcom and producer of the motion pictures, The Meteor Man and The Five Heartbeats. Loretha also holds a law degree and practices entertainment law.

Kate Mulgrew / Actress, the first female starship captain in the history of prime time

Laurie Sokoloff / Solo piccoloist and flutist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Stephanie Herman / Principal ballerina, currently founder and CEO of Esprit de Danse fitness company.

Law Desiree Cherry / Attorney, Sanbrook and Cherry Law

Sports Nancy Ditz / Olympic marathoner, ranked first in the marathon in the U.S.,
two-time winner of the Los Angeles Marathon and San Francisco's Bay to Breakers run

Lynda Plettner / Professional dog musher and dog breeder; six time finisher of the Iditarod race.

Heather Cox / ESPN sportcaster

Libby Riddles / First female to win the Iditerod race

Dawn Riley / First female captain of America's Cup Team

Politics Madeleine Albright / Secretary of State, first female secretary of state and the highest ranking women in the U.S. government.

Shirley Temple Black First female U.S. Chief Protocol, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, and first child actress to win an Academy Award

Dianne Feinstein / U.S. Senator

Jessica Stern, Ph.D / Expert on weapons of mass desctruction and terrorism; author of Risk and Dread - Preempting the New Terrorists, Harvard University Press, will be published in Spring of 1999. Jessica was the model for the character Nicole Kidman plays in the film The Peacemaker.

Homemaker Tipper Gore / homemaker, mother, wife of Vice President Al Gore, and advocate for mental health and the fight against homelessness

Space Exploration Dr. Mae Jemison / Space shuttle Endeavour astronaut

Dee O'Hara / First nurse to NASA's first astronauts

Sally Ride / Astronaut - First American women in space

Donna Shirley / Director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program

Kathy Sullivan / Astronaut - First American women to walk in space

Medical Dr. Susan Love / Director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Institute,
author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book

Marsha Angell / Senior Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Higher Education Ruth Simmons / President, Smith College

Susan Kovalik / President of Kovalik and Associaties, creator of Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) model; Recognized as one of the "pioneers" in the brain-compatible learning movement, and author of ITI - The Model and Kidseye of Science

Journalism, Broadcast News Judy Woodruff / Prime anchor and senior correspondent with CNN,
author of This is Judy Woodruff at the White House

Sonia Ruseler / Anchor for CNN's NEWSDAY

Suzanne Shaw / Anchor for KRON Prime Time

Novelists, Authors Isabel Allende / Award winning author of numerous books including The House of Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, and Eva Luna

Chitra Divakiruni / Best selling author of Arranged Marriage and Mistress of Spices

[HOME] [PROFILES] [WOMEN OF THE WORLD] [SPANISH] [CHATS] [TEACH] [RESOURCES]

Women of The World

Credits and Contacts