Germany, 1933
Co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW)

Born in Berlin, Sonia Pressman Fuentes escaped the Holocaust with her family at the age of 5. Feeling that she had been saved for a reason, she dedicated her life to women's rights. After graduating from law school, she joined the newly-created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and then became a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966.