Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized politics, policy, and activism, with a focus on their accomplishments that were 'firsts' in their fields.

Thomas Gallaudet -- Sarah Winnemucca -- Susan La Flesche -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Lin Zongsu -- George Shima -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- Ed Roberts -- Katharine Graham -- Indira Gandhi -- Thurgood Marshall -- Yvon Chouinard -- Sally Priesand -- Muhammad Yunus -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Steve Jobs -- Benazir Bhutto -- Joan Ganz Cooney -- Patsy Mink -- Althea Garrison -- Nelson Mandela -- Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera -- Shirin Ebadi -- Oprah Winfrey -- Angela Merkel -- Women who ruled : featuring Elisabeth Domitien, Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws, Corazon Aquino, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Edith Cresson, Johanna Sigurºardottir, Roza Otunbayeva, Yingluck Shinawatra -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Barack Obama -- Ursula Burns -- Tawakkol Karman -- Haben Girma -- Janet Mock -- Young activists : featuring Shawn Deangelo Walton, Shamma bint Suhail Faris Mazrui, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, Halima Aden, Marvia Malik, Yara Shahidi, Jasilyn Charger -- Schuyler Bailar -- Melinda Gates -- Jacinda Ardern -- LeBron James.