'Women We Love' Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller

Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller changed the way Native American tribes and others view women's leadership roles. Her courge made leadership easier for her daughters and granddaughters.

'Women We Love' Coca-Cola's Johnnie B. Booker

Coca-Cola's Johnnie B. Booker, who worked with the National Urban League and the Federal Home Load Bank Board to detect discrimination in lending practices, grew up in the segregated South.

'Women We Love' Entertainer Cyndi Lauper

Entertainer Cyndi Lauper sees LGBT rights as the next great civil-rights battle and uses her music and her show-business connections to advocate for LGBT youth.

"Women We Love" Former Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman

Former Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman wouldn't have pursued a career in public service if her mentor, National Council of Negro Women President Dorothy Irene Height, hadn't pushed her. "She gave me the lecture of a lifetime."

'Women We Love' Rutgers Women's Basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer

Rutgers Women's Basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer was in the national spotlight last year after the Don Imus flap. Her graceful handling of her team during that incident and her incredible record as a coach showed the world what real leadership is.

'Women We Love' Congresswoman Hilda Solis

Congresswoman Hilda Solis grew up in a low-income Los Angeles neighborhood and was encouraged by her junior-high history teacher to speak out for others. Today, she is the nation's leading advocate for environmental justice, keeping landfills and other toxic sites out of neighborhoods mostly populated by Blacks and Latinos.