Sandra Douglass Morgan
The first Black female president of an NFL team
Sandra Douglass Morgan, the new president of the Las Vegas Raiders, wants to be more than a statistic. She's working to make her team and the NFL more diverse, starting at the top — one of her first moves was to hire a director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Raiders.
"I've always said that there's more than enough room for everyone at the table," she says. "To me, the definition of success isn't being the first — it's to have many, many others follow behind you."
Maura Healey
The first woman and openly gay governor of Massachusetts
Maura Healey credits her ambitious nature and her strong desire for success to her mom, who raised her and her five siblings by herself.
"I come from a line of strong women in my family … my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother," Healey, 52, says. "[They're all] really great examples of strength, grace and compassion."
Amy Schneider
The first woman to win $1 million on 'Jeopardy!'
Life has been a whirlwind since Amy Schneider became the first woman to win $1 million on "Jeopardy!" last year: She ended her record-breaking 40-game hot streak with $1.4 million in earnings, quit her job and married her wife, Genevieve.
Schneider, 43, has also become a trans icon and uses her platform to advocate for LGBTQ rights.
"The nice thing about trans people is that we pop up everywhere," Schneider says. "We're in every community. And once you have gotten the message on trans people, once you have met one and realize that they're just people like anyone else, that's a one-way street. You don't go back. Everyone that changes their mind on the issue is a permanent addition on our side."
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