Contains biographical profiles of: Hatshepsut, a Pharaoh in Egypt: Elizabeth Cody Stanton, who worked towards a goal of suffrage for women and for acceptance of the Women's Property Act: Mary Ann Shad Cary, a teacher and feminist who was the first black woman to edit a newspaper: Emily Murphy, who became the first female judge in the British Empire and fought for the right of Canadian women to be considered persons under the law: Thérèse Casgrain, who led the CCF party and was an activist for better social conditions, world peace and the eradication of poverty: Golda Meir, who became the first female prime minister of Israel: Rosa Parks, who was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white person and who subsequently became known as the 'mother of American civil rights': Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist and politician who spearheaded the Green Belt Movement of reforestation and sustainable development: Aung San Suu Kyi, who led a democratic movement in Burma in an attempt to stop the government's military violence: Roberta Jamieson, the first Canadian native woman to obtain a law degree, who became Ontario Ombudsman and later first woman chief of her First Nations community.