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Gilligan, Carol - still image [media]

Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan has broken new ground in psychology, challenging mainstream psychologists with her theory that accepted benchmarks of moral and personal developments were drawn to a male bias and do not apply to women.

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Judy Blume

The perennially best-selling author Judy Blume is a rare phenomenon in children’s literature... Blume's works are characterized by emotional and sexual candor, total empathy with the concerns of childhood, and a direct colloquial tone, giving her readers the sense that she knows all their secrets.

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Senda Berenson

Known as the "Mother of Women's Basketball," Senda Berenson pioneered women's basketball as the director of the physical education department at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia." <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/> (March 18, 2010).