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"Phenomenal Women" is a group about women who have made a significant difference in the world. These women are the ultimate role models for our children.


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Janet Reno- 1st Woman Attorney General
Janet Reno (1938- ), the first female Attorney General of the United States, has had a life filled with "firsts."

Background
Reno grad...
Lauren Huxley
This beautiful young woman recently turned 21, and every moment is worth celebrating. At 18, Lauren Huxley was not expected to survive an ho...
Elizabeth Blackwell - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first British woman to produce a herbal and the first woman to engrave as well as draw plants. She compiled and ...
Hanne Blank
For a long time plus size women had to rely on erotica laced with slim chicks. Then in walked Hanne Blank, curvy, intelligent and full of er...
Brenda Ladun - Heroine In The Search For The Cure of Breast Cancer
Brenda Ladun is the 6pm/10pm Anchor on the ABC TV affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama. That is how I first "met" her. I watched her grow as a...
Emily Dickinson, Private Poetess
During her quiet, reserved life, Emily Dickinson privately wrote some of the most important and persevering poetry in all of American histor...
Tsultrim Allione and Tara Mandala
Tsultrim Allione has a masters in Buddhism/Womens Studies from Antioch University. She is one of the first Western women to be ordained as a...
Revolutionary Heroes: Women As Homestead Warriors
"With ladies on our side, we can make every Tory tremble."These words from the Sons of Liberty made a powerful statement. They were speaki...
Mary Cassatt - Resources for Art Lovers
This lens is about Mary Cassatt - the artist and Impressionist painter. It provides links to where you can:
- find out more about Mary Cass...
Annie Besant, teacher, lecturer, secularist and theosophist...
Minister's wife, student of medicine, raised a prophet, reformer, secularist and more. Annie Besant (1847-1933) was many things in her life...
Women with the Blues Video Showcase
When listing the great blues musicians, the seminal artists of the genre, most often only men come to mind. Women, however, have been gettin...
Sally Ride
In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She was a mission specialist on the Challenger, the seventh space shuttle flig...
Stella Gibbons
On January 5, 1902, in Hampstead, London, England, Stella Dorothea Gibbons was born. Gibbons career as an author would span forty years, and...
Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella (born December 12, 1969) is the pen name of British author Madeleine Wickham.

As Sophie Kinsella she has become well-know...
Amelia Earhart Lady Aviator
 

Amelia Earhart is soon to be portrayed on the big screen by Hilary Swank. This lens is about Amelia's life and her fly...
Poker Diva Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu is a professional poker player born on August 2, 1974 in Vietnam and raised in Colorado. Chilipoker signed an exclusive contract wi...
Pleasingly Plump Pipes
In this day and age when so much attention is paid to "beautiful" babes belting out bawdy ballads, it's a real treat to see unconventiona...
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury is an English actress who has had a great career and had a long running television hit, Murder She Wrote, which r...
Goldie Hawn Actress - Writer - Philanthropist
Goldie Hawn was born in 1945 and graduated from high school in Silver Spring, MD. She started dancing at the age of 3. She has had two husba...
Doctor Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar (1909 - 1974), was a brilliant physician and humanitarian. She is best known for her development of the Apgar Score in 1952, ...
Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan is famous around the world for her beauty and her philanthropic work.
Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde is from my hometown, and even attended the same college I did.  How could I not be interested in and follow her career?&...
Strong Biblical Women
Many young women think that they have to choose men as strong role models. But the Bible has many women who are strong role models. Sara, th...
Strength out of suffering - France Pastorelli
France Pastorelli tells her moving story: that of a mother, a musician, whose life turned to deep suffering because of heart problems. She t...
Growing Up in Pendleton SC in 1950's and 60's
Pendleton SC Town Council woman Sandra Gantt was asked to speak to the Leadership Pendleton Class of 2009. She was asked to tell how it was ...
Harper Lee
Carrie Fisher
In Star Wars, we first see Princess Leia wearing a hairstyle since described by spoofers as a Danish on each ear. But despite what could've...
Caroline Kennedy: The Quiet Super Hero
Caroline Kennedy (Schlossberg) has been called the Scion of Public Service by The AARP Magazine

Kennedy (she uses that name) has raised m...
Helen Mirren - Queen of Acting?
Helen Mirren is one of the finest British actresses.She has had a long and distinguished career (her filmography is so long I've put it at ...
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell- 1st American Woman Physician
In 1849, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) was the first woman to receive an M.D. degree from an American medical school.

Elizabeth B...
Frances Perkins- 1st Woman US Cabinet Member
In 1932 Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman to a hold a cabinet post in American history. She was appointed The Secretary of Lab...
Secretary of State: Woman's Work?
I grew up in the 1950's where sex roles were pretty rigid. However, my parents were different. They owned small town newspapers under .Arr...
Princess Diana
I was deeply-saddened that night in August 1997, along with millions of others, when we received the news of Princess Diana's death.  ...
Dr. Margarita Pereyda - inspiring achievement and giving
Dr. Pereyda is originally from Arizona, where she grew up within an impoverished community that did not expect students to succeed. However,...
Joy Nash
It seems like more and more people are becoming famous because of You Tube. Earlier this year a friend sent me a link to this video called A...
Ethel Waters
Background information:
Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) Chester, Pennsylvania, USADied September 1, 1977 (aged 80)Chatsworth, California,...
Grace Darling - the heroine of Longford Light
The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Grace and her father went down in history for their daring rescue of the survivors of SS Forfarshire in...
Tale of Grace O'Malley, Warrior Woman & Pirate Queen !
The tale of my fellow O'Malley clanswoman Gráinne Ni Mháille, known as Granuaile (pronounced Granya Wale) or more simply, Gra...
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Molly Brown was a poor girl from an abolitionist family, adventurous seeker of her fortune in a rough and tumble silver boomtown, early acti...
My great-great grandmother - women I admire
I never met this woman, she died 1 year after my mother was born. I would never have known about her if not for the family history research ...
Jan Schakowsky - Representative For Illinois' 9th Congressional District
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has represented Illinois' 9th district since 1998, and is one of Congress' most popular members.
Barbara Lee
California Representative Barbara Lee is one of the most outspoken and progressive members of Congress. Since her election in 1998, she has ...
Jane Austen
In 1795, Jane Austen was a feisty 20 year old emerging writer. Jane saw the world differently than most people at the time, and wished t...
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete, who dominated a number of sports at the highest levels in an era that offered limited athletic op...
Jill Taylor M.D.
Jill Bolte Taylor M.D. is a Harvard-trained brain scientist. Suddenly, unexpectedly on a December morning in 1996 when she was 37-years-old ...
Amy Jaffe Barzach
Amy Jaffe Barzach is the founder of Boundless Playgrounds, an organization created to develop barrier-free, developmentally advantageous pla...
Jackie (Jacqueline) Cochran
During her aviation career, Jackie Cochran set more speed and altitude records than any of her contemporaries, male or female. In 1953, she ...
Ellis Peters
I am a big fan of her books! I own most of them and return them again and again for entertainment and escape.

I especially love the Broth...
Ekography: EelKat's Lensography
I joined Squidoo in April of 2007. At the time of Ekography's last edit I had 313 lenses and 23 groups. I make new ones all the time, ...
Benazir Bhutto
When Benazir Bhutto was first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan at 35, she became the youngest chief executive in the world and the first w...
Marie Antoinette
Who was Marie Antoinette? To many, she is one of the most famous historical examples of a child being turned prematurely in to an adult by b...
Quest to a 1000; Coach Pat Summitt
Through the years, Summitt has reached numerous goals and worn many hats at the University of Tennessee as a student, an educator and a coac...
Shirley MacLaine Actor and Author
Shirley MacLaine has been featured in the following movies: Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment, Being There, Ant Bully, Rumor Has It, Bewi...
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf made history in 2005 when she was voted the first female president of an African country - Liberia. Ellen was born in ...
Inspirational Women
Women can change the world as we know it. We are intelligent, compassionate, capable of massive multi-tasking, and have no boundaries when i...
Patricia B. McConnell
Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, has made a lifelong commitment to improving the relationship between peop...
Thea Slatyer
Thea Slatyer is one interesting young lady. Not only is she a sporting superstar, playing soccer for Australia, but she also has some useful...
Viritual Concert - Kristen Chenoweth
Kristen Chenoweth, born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth, is primarily known for her work in musicals and opera. She became known to youth all over the...
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono is perhaps best known as being the widow of Beatle legend, John Lennon, with whom she became synonymous with the expression "Give ...
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kristen Gillibrand has been appointed to fill the New York State Senate seat of now Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton. Read more abou...
Julie Christie
An iconic figure of the 1960s, Julie Christie is an Academy Award-winning actress who appeared in a small, but substantial number of classic...
Jordan Cavanaugh
Jordan Cavanaugh works for the Boston Medical Examiner's Office.  Well, she does now anyway - this is her most recent job.  You s...
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad is the real name behind the "machine" known as Annette_15. Of course anybody that knows anything about online poker knows...
Super Hero - Sue Byrnes
When your doctor hands you a paper with the word lymphangioleiomyomatosis on it and tells you that is what you have, the first reaction is d...
Sarah ban Breathnach and Simple Abundance
Sarah ban Breathnach (pronounced ban brannock) is a self-help author whose works, especially Simple Abundance, have had a large impact ...
Victoria Westcott
Victoria Westcott is the owner of Classroom Canada, a teaching agency dedicated to helping Canadian teachers make a smooth transition to tea...
Lisa Madigan: IL Attorney General
Learn more about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Elected in 2003, she is the first female attorney general for Illinois. She is a De...
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is a journalist, syndicated columnist and author.
Kay Yow Triumphant
December 14, 2008 will mark Kay Yow's 1000th game coaching the North Carolina State University Wolfpack Women. She has won almost 700 of th...
Strong Biblical Women 4 -- Ruth's Devotion
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When Ruth's husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law all died suddenly, Ruth stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi even as her siste...
Doris Day, America's Sweetheart
This talented cutie pie, girl next door actress/singer of yesteryear stole the hearts of Americans when she first debuted in Romance on the ...
Sophie Tucker
Birth name Sonia Kalish
Born January 13, 1884
Origin Czarist Russia
Died February 9, 1966
Genre(s) Jazz vaudeville
Occupation(s) S...
Strong Biblical Women, Part 2
Rivka (Rebecca) was raised by a man who was a liar and a cheater but she was kind enough to bring water for Eliezer and his donkey.
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is one of the most closely watched celebrities in the world.  She juggles a busy movie career and humanitarian work whil...
Judith Simmer-Brown Buddhist Scholar
Judith Simmer-Brown has been on the faculty of Naropa University for 27 years and is currently the Chair of the Religious Studies Department...
Petra Nemcova -- Supermodel with Personality
Petra Nemcova is the fashion supermodel from the Czech Republic whose star has been rising over the past few years! Why did I write this len...
Laura Caldwell
Laura Caldwell is an author and a former lawyer. Her first book Burning the Map was considered one of the best books of 2002.This lens i...
Deanna Mascle
I know you really want to read every word that I've ever written but I'm not about to put the full text of my novels on line and cannot ge...
Jennifer Harman
At tournaments. In Vegas. On the road. Check out exclusive pictures of Jennifer Harman playing poker all over the globe.

Jennifer Harman ...
Strong Biblical Women, Part 3
B"HThere are three Patriarchs and four Matriarchs in the Bible. That's because Yaakov (Jacob) had two wives.
Kate Salley Palmer
I remember the first time I met Kate Salley Palmer. It was in the early 70's and we had a mutual friend. Both of these women were way ahead...
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren's Best Actress Academy Award win for The Queen crowns a 42 year career as a talented, versatile, and chameleonic act...
Beth Moore Connection
Books, DVDs, Bible Studies, CDs, and the list goes on; this lady from Texas is marching strongly the path God has laid before her. Here you...
Dawn Staley: Athlete, Entrepreneur/Philanthropist, Mentor
Dawn Staley was a high school basketball player of the year, a three time gold metal Olympian who was elected to carry the flag in the 2004 ...
The Celebration of Margaret Elizabeth Kings 100th Birthday
The year was 1909, the place Varnamo, Sweden, and Ruth Anna (Karlson) and Thure Josephson welcomed their first child, Margaret, into the wor...
Debbie Macomber Has Sold Over Sixty Million Books.
The message of this book is DON'T BE AFRAID TO DREAM. Debbie shares her own stories of heartache, frustration, and triumph as she encourage...
Marianne Williamson - Superhero, Spiritual Activist
Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author, lecturer, a Spiritual Activist and the Founder of the Peace Alliance, a citizen action organiz...
Barbara Sher
Barbara Sher is a speaker, career/lifestyle coach, and best-selling author of seven books on goal achievement. Her books have sold millions ...
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton began her acting career with British filmmaker Derek Jarman.  You may recognize her as the gender-fluid title character i...
Strong Biblical Women -- Tamar, Mother of Kings
When her father-in-law broke his promise to her, Tamar took matters into her own hands and, in the process, became the mother of kings.
Frida Kahlo: The Woman, The Wife, The Artist
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style ...
Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby, who began her writing career as a reporter for THE WASHINGTON POST, is the author of five books, including WILD JUSTICE, a Pul...
Kirsty MacColl: Humor, Tragedy, and Song
From her witty satires to her songs of longing, Kirsty MacColl was a consummate singer and songwriter.  Her voice, creativity, and sens...
Molly Pitcher - Revolutionary War Heroine
"Molly Pitcher" was a nickname given by Revolutionary War soldiers to the women, often wives of the soldiers or camp followers, who brough...
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman biography and anarchist thoughts.

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Evelyn Ng
Birthday: September 14, 1975
Birth Place: Toronto, Canada
Raised in: Toronto, Canada
Resides in: Las Vegas, Neveda, USA
Marital Status...
Bernadette Peters
Being a huge musical theater buff, of course I have my favorite stars.  Bernadette Peters is my all-time favorite.  She's one of ...
Zora Neale Hurston
As an African American folklorist and writer, Zora's work was well before it's time. Much of her work was created during the Harlem Renais...
Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi is my favorite female author. I love her books. I love the characters she creates. I love the shows and movies based on her...
Jennifer Crusie
Yep, I said Temptation, OH.  The title of the book is "Welcome To Temptation" and it is supposed to be in Ohio and it is an a...
Phenomenal Women Headquarters
"Phenomenal Women" is a group about women who have made a significant difference in the world. These women are the ultimate role models ...
Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood got her start in the Kings Road, designing clothes for punk rockers back in the 1970s.  Over the decades she moved fr...
Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer
Ada Lovelace was a woman of high class in the early 1800s. Her work on Charles Babbage's mechanical machine, which was essentially an early...
Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker is the CEO of Mozilla Corporation, part of the company behind the open source Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email progr...
Karen Pryor
When my Mum first adopted me, she wanted to make sure that I was a happy, healthy pup. One of the ways to get there was to show me the 'rop...
Strong Biblical Women6 -- Yocheved, Moses's Mother
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Yocheved was the Mother of Miriam, Aharon (Aaron) and Moshe (Moses) making her the Mother of Priests and Kings.
Louise Hay
Louise Hay (b. 1926) is a motivational author and the founder of Hay House publishing company. She has authored several self-help and New Th...
SARK- A Succulent Wild Woman
SARK is the acronym of self-help/inspirational author  Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, whose works have had a large impact on my life...
Kate Loving Shenk
I first met Kate Loving Shenk at Pat O'Bryan's Portable Empire University. Since that time, she has become one of my dearest on-line frien...
Cristina Fernández De Kirchner
Cristina Fernández De Kirchner is Argentina's current president. Formerly, she was the first lady of Argentina when her husband, N&e...
Lilly Ledbetter?
I married at 20, quit college and went to work to put my husband through school. It was a common practice in those days, 1968. I went to wor...
Dara Torres
Dara Torres is a 41 year old American swimmer who will be competing in her 5th Olympics this summer in Beijing, China.
Jane Byrne: 50th Mayor of Chicago
Learn about Jane Byrne, the 50th Mayor of Chicago! Elected in 1979, Jane Byrne was the first and so far only female Mayor of the city of Chi...
Corrie Woods and The Woman's Field Guide to Exceptional Living
If you've been living day to day and feel like your life is boring and even without purpose, it's time to shake things up. There's no rea...
Margaret Anstee
Dame Margaret Anstee worked for the United Nations from 1952 to 1993, leaving the organization at the highest rank under the Secretary-Gener...
International Womens Day
First proposed by German political Clara Zetkin in 1910, International Women's Day was officially adopted in 1911.

Celebrated on March 8...
Charly Leetham
I am happy to introduce you to Charly Leetham. Charly is an expert in all things related to computers, the internet and internet marketing. ...
A Rose by any other name would still be a hero
Every charitible cause that comes along has a reason for being. Special needs are able to be met, dreams realized and awareness raised throu...
Should Obama Pick Oprah for Vice President?
Since Oprah endorsed Obama before the Iowa primaries, it has been the source of many rumors about who would be the vice president nomination...
Sara Feigenholtz: Illinois State Representative
Sara Feigenholtz is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 12th District since 1995. Feigenholtz liv...
Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, The Most Learned Woman in America
Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson was considered "The Most Learned Woman in America" by her contemporaries and by a later biographer. Reknowned f...
Nicole C. Mullen
After seeing Nicole C. Mullen at the Women of Faith Conference in Denver, CO, I knew I had to create a lens about her. She is so full of lif...
Athina: The Dark Side Of Victory WHY SHOULD WOMEN AND GIRLS WORSHIP A MALE GOD?
I wrote Athina: The Dark Side Of Victory, the first in a series of historical novels (historical facts with fictional twists) dealing with s...
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Visions of Patti
Rolling Stone, 27 July 1978.
Cover photo by Annie Leibovitz.

Background information:
Birth name Patricia Lee Sm...
Dr. Uma Gupta
Dr. Uma Gupta serves as an inspiring role model to women on the journey to pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemat...
Edith Wharton - Intriguing Insights into the American Experience
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a tightly controlled society known as "Old New York" at a time when women were discouraged from ac...
Annie Duke
Recently, Duke endorsed The ESPN Poker Club product line which offers poker aficionados premium quality poker products of unmatched quality,...
Melissa Etheridge
Born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, KS, Melissa is a Mom, accomplished singer-songwriter, Gay Right Activist, Grammy and Oscar winner,environ...

Meet some truly amazing women... 

featured lens Wise Women of the World

Wise Women know they are the power in their lives and that they have the ability to achieve any goal they desire. Wise Women deserve respect and attention for who they are and who they inspire others to be.

featured lens Girl Powered Peace

It is now universally agreed in aid organizations worldwide that empowering the women of a community will empower the children and the men as well. Women are caretakers and nurturers, watching over others. They tend to use practical wisdom to make de...

Women who take action 

It takes amazing strength to be an activist or advocate, whether the fight is for the environment, animal rights, or the rights of human beings.

featured lens Annie Oakley

In an era when opportunities for women were limited, Annie Oakley's amazing ability with a gun proved that a woman could do just as well (or even better) than a man, even in traditionally "masculine fields" like shooting. Through talen...

featured lens Marianne Williamson - Superhero, Spiritual Activist

Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author, lecturer, a Spiritual Activist and the Founder of the Peace Alliance, a citizen action organization representing a growing constituency for peace. For spearheading the Campaign for a Department of Peace...

featured lens Gloria Steinem -- A Feminist Superhero

Is it too bold a statement to make that WE GIRLS have this feminist superhero Gloria Steinem to thank for being able to SQUIDOO? To be able to blog and twitter? It's been over 40 years since her 1962 Esquire magazine article about women being f...

featured lens Claude Cahun

Born: October 25th, 1894 Died: December 8th, 1954 Claude Cahun was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality. Biography Born Lucy Schwob in Nantes,...

featured lens Severn Suzuki - a famous environmental video: where is she now?

She's full of fire about the environment. She spoke to the UN at the age of 12. She's a scientist. I want to introduce you to Severn Suzuki. This lens isn't just about that speech - though I have gathered the info to show what lead up to...

Women who get things done 

They see a need and they simply step up and do what needs to be done.

featured lens Amy Jaffe Barzach

Amy Jaffe Barzach is the founder of Boundless Playgrounds, an organization created to develop barrier-free, developmentally advantageous playgrounds. After the death of her son Jonathan from a rare condition, Amy found a way to cope with the grief o...

featured lens Margaret Anstee

Dame Margaret Anstee worked for the United Nations from 1952 to 1993, leaving the organization at the highest rank under the Secretary-General, the senior woman in the United Nations, and the longest serving official of either sex at any level. Imag...

Joining this group 

Phenomenal Women HQ is a group for lenses about women who have made a significant contribution to their community, the environment, in business, to charity, and also those who have achieved phenomenal success in academia, science, research, sport, or their career.

If you want to tell the world about the amazing women you know of, join us by adding an existing lens, or creating a new one specifically for this topic.

Please read the guidelines below first, though. As this group grows, lenses that show clearly how their subject is phenomenal will stand a greater chance of acceptance and be given preference on the main page. Don't hide her greatness behind links to other sites - shout about it in your lens!

Let's show the world what one woman can do!

Qualities of a phenomenal woman 

Read these guidelines before you add your lens

A phenomenal woman is one who manages to do more than the rest of us, and who makes the world a better place because of her actions.

There are thousands of women doing well in each professional field; a phenomenal woman goes beyond her profession and adds things like volunteering, philanthropy, and activism to her resume. These are things she does "above and beyond" her calling.

Or, a phenomenal woman may be one who has dedicated herself almost solely to helping others. She may be in a situation where others are permanently in her care, or have to rely on her, but she carries her duties with grace. Again, she does a little bit extra, because she knows it will help ease the burdens of someone else.

She may be going through hardship or illness or war, but she uses her courage and strength to inspire and help others get through it too. A phenomenal woman rarely focuses on herself for long. She goes back into the fray to help others even though she's already fought her own battle.

Conversely, a woman may need to focus so intently on a career or sport or artform that she is able to reach the top echelons of her arena. We hope that when she reaches the top she will be in a position to turn around and give back to others. Women who are still focusing and reaching will receive the benefit of the doubt and honorary status.

Many wonderful women are great role models in their day to day lives. A phenomenal woman goes a step further and strives to reach others, or reach her goal, every day. A phenomenal woman often gets asked "Why do you keep giving so much of yourself?"

It's not easy being a phenomenal woman, otherwise we'd all be phenomenal.

Photograph of statue holding hands by Valerie Everett

Women who inspire 

They've beaten great odds and inspire others to do it too

featured lens Natalie Du Toit

Natalie Du Toit's story is truly inspiring. She first represented South Africa internationally at the age of 14. In 2001 she had to have her left leg amputated at the knee after a traffic accident, but far from letting this stop her, at the age of 24...

featured lens Helen Keller

Helen Keller, American author and lecturer, who was deaf and blind and who served as an inspiration for other people with disabilities. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the daughter of well-to-do parents: Arthur Keller, a former officer in the Con...

featured lens Jill Taylor M.D.

Jill Bolte Taylor M.D. is a Harvard-trained brain scientist. Suddenly, unexpectedly on a December morning in 1996 when she was 37-years-old Jill Taylor had a stroke. Jill was named one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World for 20...

featured lens Marlee Matlin - Actress

Marlee Matlin, is a critically aclaimed, Oscar-winning actress who also happens to be deaf. She appeared on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars, getting voted off in week 6. Her partner was Fabian Sanchez. Here's the latest news and information abou...

featured lens Who is Jacqueline Stone?

Personal development, spirituality, and awakening consciousness are the focus of my life and my work. Why did I create this lens? When I pick up a book, the first thing I read is the author's bio. I want to know something about the person who is sha...

Raising awareness 

Some illnesses go unresearched for decades until someone begins the fight to raise awareness and funds for research into prevention and cure.

featured lens Super Hero - Sue Byrnes

When your doctor hands you a paper with the word lymphangioleiomyomatosis on it and tells you that is what you have, the first reaction is disbelief. As he continues by saying the name and telling you that it is a rare disease affecting women and of...

Lensmasters who admire phenomenal women 

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Women with courage 

featured lens Molly Pitcher - Revolutionary War Heroine

"Molly Pitcher" was a nickname given by Revolutionary War soldiers to the women, often wives of the soldiers or camp followers, who brought water to hot and thirsty artillerymen during battle. The water was by some accounts for drinking, by others fo...

featured lens Tale of Grace O'Malley, Warrior Woman & Pirate Queen !

The tale of my fellow O'Malley clanswoman Gráinne Ni Mháille, known as Granuaile (pronounced Granya Wale) or more simply, Grace O'Malley, as she is most widely known today, is a tale of a woman's courage, strength and love for high adve...

featured lens Revolutionary Heroes: Women As Homestead Warriors

"With ladies on our side, we can make every Tory tremble."These words from the Sons of Liberty made a powerful statement. They were speaking of the Daughters of Liberty, women who formed unofficial groups to support America's fight for freedom. Names...

Humanitarianism 

Because women care

featured lens Dr. Margarita Pereyda - inspiring achievement and giving

Dr. Pereyda is originally from Arizona, where she grew up within an impoverished community that did not expect students to succeed. However, a few exceptional teachers encouraged Margarita. The tenth of eleven children, she was the only one to gradua...

featured lens Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD

Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross has the distinction of writing the first best selling book on a topic that no one wanted to discuss. On Death and Dying, written in 1969 is still required reading for many medical, nursing, psychology programs and college de...

featured lens Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale helped to mold the fields of nursing and public health. She earned the nickname "The Lady With the Lamp" for her tireless nursing care delivered to British soldiers during the Crimean War (1853–1856). Although most...

featured lens Mother Teresa of Calcutta Quotes, Biography, Facts, Letters, Accomplishments, Faith, and more.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her humanitarian work. In 2003, six years after her death, Mother Teresa began a passage to saintho...

featured lens Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is one of the most closely watched celebrities in the world.  She juggles a busy movie career and humanitarian work while raising a blended family with partner and fellow actor Brad Pitt.

Philanthropy 

They've climbed all the way to the top... and then turned around and given back to others.

featured lens Poker Diva Liz Lieu

Liz Lieu is a professional poker player born on August 2, 1974 in Vietnam and raised in Colorado. Chilipoker signed an exclusive contract with talented, astute and stylish Poker Star Liz Lieu back in Aug, 2007. Nicknamed the Poker Diva by fellow pok...

featured lens Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey is thought to be the most influential woman in the world now. She is also considered to be the most philanthropic African-American of all time and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States. Oprah, as she is kno...

Royal charity work 

Part of a royal's job is charity work, humanitarian aid, fundraising, and raising awareness - some do the job better than others

featured lens Diana Princess of Wales

I was one of the thousands of people, who were stunned and in shock 10 years ago by the tragic death of Princess Diana and then a few days later the death of Mother Teresa. As I watched the enormous worldwide outpouring of grief for the deaths of the...

featured lens Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Rania is the queen consort of Jordan's King Abdullah II, and the mother of Prince Hussein, Princess Iman, Princess Salma, and Prince Hashem. Formerly Rania Al-Yasin of Kuwait, Rania has a Palestinian heritage. She earned a degree in Busine...

featured lens Princess Diana

I was deeply-saddened that night in August 1997, along with millions of others, when we received the news of Princess Diana's death.  I can only think of a couple of other instances that touched me in that manner -- John F. Kennedy and John F. K...

featured lens Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 06 February 1952. In addition she is Head of the Commonwealth. However, Elizabeth was not born to be Queen. Her Uncle was King Edward VIII, but he was never cro...

featured lens Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly.  Even just her name is elegant.  And, that is not even taking into account her work or her life.  Her success in films meant a lot to her, and she walked away from that for love and marriage...and to be a princess.  H...

Business 

featured lens Mitchell Baker

Mitchell Baker is the CEO of Mozilla Corporation, part of the company behind the open source Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email program. She is also on the board of directors of the Open Source Applications Foundation. Winifred Mitchell Baker s...

Politics 

Phenomenal women in the political arena, in the forefront or behind the scenes

featured lens Cristina Fernández De Kirchner

Cristina Fernández De Kirchner is Argentina's current president. Formerly, she was the first lady of Argentina when her husband, Néstor Kirchner, was president. Cristina is Argentina's second female president, following in the footstep...

featured lens Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf made history in 2005 when she was voted the first female president of an African country - Liberia. Ellen was born in Monrovia, Liberia in 1938. Ellen's parents were the first generation in their families to receive an education...

featured lens Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She served as the president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 after her bloodless "People Power" revolution led to the ouster of former ruler Ferdinan...

featured lens Countess di Castiglione

Virginia Oldoini, Countess de Castiglione (1837-1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian courtesan who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant figure in the early history of photogra...

featured lens Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister and part of a family political dynasty that included her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, her son, Rajiv Gandhi and her daugher-in-law, Sonia Gandhi. She served four terms before being assassinated.

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Career 

Women who have put in the long hours and pushed boundaries in their career

featured lens Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World

Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World | Colleen Lane | The contest is on and here is an entry for the greatest real estate agent in the world submitted by Colleen's husband Joe. Let the games begin! RSS feed | Email | Print | Add to Favorites | Len...

featured lens Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman in space and the first Indian-American to fly the space shuttle. She was one of seven astronauts killed in 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.

featured lens Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood got her start in the Kings Road, designing clothes for punk rockers back in the 1970s.  Over the decades she moved from streetwear to haute couture, mixing elements of club style with tradtional UK fashion however she wishes.

featured lens Fashion Designer Coco Chanel

Fashion designer Coco Chanel's influence on haute couture was so immense that she was the only person in the fashion industry to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century! Coco Chanel was a French fashion des...

featured lens Dara Torres

Dara Torres is a 41 year old American swimmer who will be competing in her 5th Olympics this summer in Beijing, China.

Art 

featured lens Alice Neel-American Artist

Born in 1900, Alice Neel was an American portrait artist. Neel's difficult and unconventional life mimicked the approach she took towards her paintings. Although her early work received limited attention, Neel would enjoy great success and the recogn...

featured lens Susan Dorothea White

Susan Dorothea White is a multi-talented artist based in Sydney, Australia. She works in a wide range of media including clay, wood, and metal sculpture, acrylic painting, and pencil, chalk, and metalpoint drawing. She is the author of Draw Like Da V...

Literature 

Their writing helps us see ourselves anew

featured lens Emily Dickinson, Private Poetess

During her quiet, reserved life, Emily Dickinson privately wrote some of the most important and persevering poetry in all of American history. While many of her acquaintances probably knew of her love of writing, very few had any idea of the great ex...

featured lens Vita Sackville-West

I have been fascinated by Vita Sackville-West for over a decade.  This woman was so many extraordinary things:  author, biographer, poet, correspondent, wife, mother, lover, aristocrat, gardener and so much more.  And she did each with...

featured lens Sappho

Sappho, born around 630 BCE on the Greek-settled island of Lesbos off the coast of Turkey, is one of the earliest writers in the western world. Only fragments of her poetry have survived, preserved by later writers quoting her or on badly-damaged p...

featured lens Stella Gibbons

On January 5, 1902, in Hampstead, London, England, Stella Dorothea Gibbons was born. Gibbons career as an author would span forty years, and would include the award-winning Cold Comfort Farm, which remains Gibbons most identifiable work of literature...

featured lens Maya Angelou

She has seen sorrow, she has experienced pain, yet she inspires all to press on and enjoy the life that has been given to them.  Maya Angelou can touch people's hearts, and make them see things they have not seen.  Words are tools, and Maya...

Women we remember 

They had grace and style, courage and endurance. They touched our lives forever.

featured lens Anne Frank -- A True Superhero

It is incomprehensible to imagine what Anne Frank endured in her young and short life nor is it possible to comprehend the terror that her family experienced. To me Anne Frank is without a doubt a true superhero of immeasurable proportions.

featured lens Kirsty MacColl: Humor, Tragedy, and Song

From her witty satires to her songs of longing, Kirsty MacColl was a consummate singer and songwriter.  Her voice, creativity, and sense of fun allowed her to cross genre lines and build a strong following.  Unfortunately, the careless pilo...

featured lens Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly.  Even just her name is elegant.  And, that is not even taking into account her work or her life.  Her success in films meant a lot to her, and she walked away from that for love and marriage...and to be a princess.  H...

featured lens Laurel Burch, Artist and Designer

Laurel Burch was an artist and designer famous for her bright and bold cat and horse themed handbags, coffee mugs and other gift items. When Ms. Burch passed away in September 2007 the San Rafael, CA newspaper ran this blurb: "Bay Area artist Laure...

featured lens Jane McGrath

Jane McGrath died on 22 June 2008 at her home, ending a ten-year battle with cancer. Jane was the wife of Australian cricker Glenn McGrath, and together they founded The McGrath Foundation, a breast cancer support network promoting awareness and fund...

Women who give to others 

It might be a gift of time, comfort, or craft, food, or talent - these women don't hesitate when another is in need.

featured lens The Arlington Ladies

For more than 35 years, the Arlington Ladies volunteers have represented veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard at every funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. Currently 195 Arlington Ladies, volunteer time to pay tribute to nation's...

Great thinkers 

featured lens Annie Besant, teacher, lecturer, secularist and theosophist...

Minister's wife, student of medicine, raised a prophet, reformer, secularist and more. Annie Besant (1847-1933) was many things in her lifetime - and living in the 19th and early 20th century, all of those things were revolutionary for a woman to be...

featured lens Mme Blavatsky : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Blavatsky compared the science of her day, studied the world religions and came up with her own synthesis, which she called 'theosophy', or ancient wisdom.

Firsts 

Who was the first woman to...?

featured lens First Woman To ...

It never ceases to amaze me in this day and age to hear that someone is the first woman to do something. But given that we're on the verge of having our first serious female presidential candidate and possibly female president here in the United Stat...

Lensmasters who admire phenomenal women 

Awards 

Thanks to lensmaster Spirituality for awarding Phenomenal Women HQ this Excellent Group award!

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Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

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Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50 by Michael Cunningham, Connie Briscoe

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daoine wrote...

Hi Phenomenal Lensmasters

Get your lensmaking hats on - I'm looking for more top quality lenses for the topics of Philanthropy and Courage.

Have fun,
Daoine

ReplyPosted June 15, 2009

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GraemePark wrote...

Very, very well organized and thorough. Thank you.

ReplyPosted April 05, 2009

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jacquelinestone wrote...

Hi, Daoine.
Your group has grown tremendously. That's fantastic!
Wishing you an incredible, amazing New Year!

ReplyPosted January 03, 2009

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monarch13 wrote...

Awesome Resource. I have your group as a link on my Wise Women of The World lens.

In Health and Gratitude!

ReplyPosted November 12, 2008

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BethErickson wrote...

This group is amazing. Kudos to those women who take action. Very inspirational. I'm adding my lens here. Hope I'm qualified to this group.

ReplyPosted August 14, 2008

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Comfortdoc wrote...

Thank you for featuring the Arlington Ladies. I truly believe these Angels of the Arlington National Cemetery are phenomenal women.

ReplyPosted July 23, 2008

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eva wrote

Blessed. I think there are many Latin women. that that make the difference in having to manage daily many roles. as breast, hardworking, friendly, and work hard not only to make money but to contribute to changing society (sorry for my bad english)

ReplyPosted July 10, 2008

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ebay-grandma wrote...

Thank you for adding the lens about my super hero Sue Brynes! She indeed is a phenomenal woman. I am proud to be associated with such a great group.

ReplyPosted July 06, 2008

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JaguarJulie wrote...

Again, it is wonderful to be a part of this group that recognizes the phenomenal women who have touched us and inspired us! My grandmother Julia Nagy is undoubtedly the most incredibly phenomenal woman in MY life! ;-)

ReplyPosted June 26, 2008

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BeckyDue wrote...

Great Lens... I'm glad I found you!
Author Becky Due

ReplyPosted June 25, 2008

 
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