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Peggy Charren

Peggy Charren, founder of Action for Children's Television (ACT), took on the burgeoning television industry of the 1970s and won.

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Polly Adler

Polly Adler, owner of a notorious New York City bordello, had a clear goal: to become "the best goddam madam in all America."

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Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor’s 1997 Tony Award for The Lion King—the first “Directing” Tony given to a woman in the fifty-year history of the Tony Awards—sits in an eclectic collection of professional memorabilia in Taymor’s New York apartment/studio.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia." <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/> (September 2, 2010).