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...
As a young law graduate of Tamil descent, Navanethem Pillay was subject to the racial discrimination of South Africa's apartheid regime. When no other firm would hire her, she became the first woman in Natal Province to open her own law practice. For the next 28 years, she defended civil rights...
Published 07/03/09
In 2007, Americans were shocked to discover the conditions in outpatient facilities of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Hundreds of wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were living in dilapidated buildings, infested with cockroaches, rodents and black mold. The reporter who...
Published 06/19/07
In 2007, Americans were shocked to discover the conditions in outpatient facilities of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Hundreds of wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were living in dilapidated buildings, infested with cockroaches, rodents and black mold. The reporter who...
Published 06/19/07