Women's Day USA

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In the past years, we paid tribute to a select group of women who have made a positive and lasting contribution to our society by virtue of their achievements in various fields, including the arts and politics. Previous participants in our International Women's Day celebrations have included:

Jan Chapman - Producer (“The Piano”, “The Last Days of Chez Nous”)

Doris Leader Charge - Native American actress, translator of “Dances With Wolves”

Stevie Wonder - Acclaimed musician and composer

Barbara Trent - Creator of Oscar-winning documentary “Panama Deception”

Betty Friedan - Women’s activist, author (“The Feminine Mystique”)

Tiana Thi Thanh Nga - Vietnamese creator of “From Hollywood to Hanoi”

Akosua Busia - Ghanaian artist, screenwriter and actress (“The Color Purple”)

Moustapha Akkad - Iraqi producer of “Lion of the Desert”

Dolores Huerta - Cofounder, United Farm Workers of America

Anna Deavere Smith - Professor, writer, performer, (“Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”)

Robin Swicord - WGA Nominee, screenwriter/co-producer, (“Little Women”)

Miranda Richardson - Actress, Oscar nominee (“Tom & Viv”)

Julie Carmen - Actress (“Gloria”, “Milagro Beanfield War”)

Beah Richards - Actress (“Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”), author (“A Black Woman Speaks”, “One is a Crowd”)

Beatrice Wood - 104 year old sculptor, potter, ceramist, photographer, author (“Shock Myself”, the subject of Truffaut's “Jules and Jim”)

Le Ly Hayslip - Author (“Woman of Peace”, “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places” filmed by Oliver Stone)

Tantoo Cardinal - Canadian-Indian Actress (“Dances With Wolves”, “The Black Robe”, “Where The Rivers Flow North”, “Lakota Woman”)

Tippi Hedren - Actress (“The Birds”, “The Countess from Hong Kong”)

Olivia Schwartz - Educator, cofounder of Children of Chernobyl

Lydia Brazon - Executive director, Humanitarian Law Project

Nenad Bach - Croatian Film Composer; performed with Pavarotti and U2 (fund-raiser for Bosnia)

Sarah Pillsbury - Producer (“Desperately Seeking Susan”, “Love Field”, “Eight Men Out”, “River's Edge”, “And the Band Played On”)

Lumi Cavazos - Actor (“Like Water for Chocolate”)

Denise Alexander - Executive producer (“Hidden in Silence”)

Brenda Blethyn - Actress, Oscar nominee (“Secrets & Lies”)

Rose Freedman - 104 year old Austrian born immigrant who is one of the sole survivors of the tragic fire at the Triangle Shirt Waist Co.

Allison Anders - Writer/director (“Gas, Food, Lodging” and “Mi Vida Loca.”)

Mitsuye Yamada - Japanese born writer, a survivor of the Idaho concentration camp and former Amnesty International board member

Marcy Polier - Entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of Entertainment Data Inc.

Vivian Brown - Prototypes, CEO, A Center for Innovation in Heal Mental Health & Social Services

Irene Opdyke - Featured on Oscar nominated “Courage to Care” documenting during World War II

Alexandra Nechita - 11 year old whose artistic achievements have earned her the title of the new Picasso and the official artist for 1997 Grammy awards

Stefania Burzminski - Saved 13 Jews by hiding them, at great personal risk, for two and half years in her attic

Robert Wise - Producer, director (“West Side Story”, “The Sound of Music”)

Bill Duke - Actor (“Deep Cover”), director (“Sister Act II”)

Illeana Douglas - Actress (“Grace of My Heart”, “Rough Riders”)

Gloria Allred - Lawyer

Diane Lane - Actress (“A Little Romance”)

Shirley Knight - Actress, Golden Globe winner (“The McMartin Trial”)

Polly Draper - Actress (“Thirty Something”)

Soraya Mire - Human rights activist

Giselle Fernandez - Journalist, host (“Access Hollywood”)

Kim Campbell - First female Prime Minister of Canada

Donzaleigh Abernathy - Actress (“Any Day Now”), author, daughter of the late civil rights founder Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy

Yvonne Burke - First African American elected to State Office in California, current LA County Supervisor

Dyan Cannon - Actress (“Ally McBeal”, “Out to Sea”)

Diana Nyad - World-record distance swimmer

Paul Sorvino - Actor (“Goodfellas”, “Law & Order”)

Ron Maxwell - Director (“Gettysburg”)

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