“The focus on her disappearance has overshadowed what [Amelia] accomplished in her short but very productive life, which included her role in promoting larger roles for women in aviation and especially how she was a role model for women. Earhart always worked to portray her individual achievements as examples of what women could do if given a chance.”

All farmworkers are susceptible to pesticide exposure, lack of protections through labor laws, and what some activists refer to as modern slavery conditions, but the added threat of sexual violence puts women in the agriculture industry at added risk.

Unlike Mulan, Herrera’s story isn’t filtered through rose-colored lenses. There is no happy ending, few history books that remember her heroic actions. But Herrera’s valiance and skills as one of the Mexican Revolution’s most successful soldaderas are an example of the bravery and sacrifices women during this time made to change the history of Mexico’s politics — and should not be forgotten.

The proposal to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to protect women’s rights under federal law was first put forth in 1923 by suffragists Alice Paul, Crystal Eastman and others, who — just three years after women were given the right to vote — aimed to end legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, and employment. The effort picked up steam again in both political parties in the 1940s, but it took decades of organizing, activism, and the rise of the women’s movement in the 1960s to bring the ERA to the political forefront and push for the progress that came in the 1970s.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire brought more awareness to working conditions, initiated the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and helped lead to the founding of the American Society of Safety Engineers in New York City, a group that works to provide safety education and standards for the workplace. All of this progress came at the expense of garment workers’ lives, many of them young immigrant women.

"I felt frustrated at first [when they first said no]," one troop member said. "I didn't understand why our school was saying no when our troop only saw the good things. The world would never change if we accepted every no."