In recognition of Women's History Month, the Academy of Achievement presents a selection of extraordinary women who have defied expectations,
broken boundaries, and made history around the world. They include courageous political leaders and human rights activists, recipients of the Nobel
Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, award-winning actresses, musicians, screenwriters and film directors, as well as outstanding
athletes, educators, journalists, explorers, physicians, philanthropists, broadcasters and entrepreneurs. Their words and their...
Recent Episodes
A daughter of Korean immigrants, Michelle Rhee graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and began her career in education as an outstanding member of Teach for America. She founded the New Teacher Project in 1997, recruiting and training teachers for disadvantaged...
Published 03/24/10
A daughter of Korean immigrants, Michelle Rhee graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and began her career in education as an outstanding member of Teach for America. She founded the New Teacher Project in 1997, recruiting and training teachers for disadvantaged...
Published 03/24/10
When Susan Hockfield was a student, women in the sciences had few role models. As a senior at the University of Rochester, she had come up with an idea for an interesting experiment, but lacked the confidence to carry it out herself. "People like me don't do these things," she remembers thinking....
Published 07/03/08