So you're familiar with Sandra Day O'Connor...

You may know Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Despite graduating near the top of her class from Stanford Law School in 1952, O'Connor could not get hired by a law firm. Her first "job" in the law was as an unpaid deputy county attorney in San Mateo, California. After moving to Arizona, O'Connor entered electoral politics, serving in the state Senate and eventually becoming Majority Leader, before becoming a judge in the Arizona system. O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court in 2005 continues to serve as a leader through her civic education program, iCivics. Dive deeper into Sandra Day O'Connor's story by visiting the National Women's Hall of Fame.

...but are you familiar with Madeleine Albright?

Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State--the highest ranking woman in government at that time-- in 1997. Before serving as Secretary of State, Albright was ambassador to the United Nations, and a member of the National Security Council for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. In between those presidencies, Albright taught international affairs at Georgetown University. As Secretary of State she worked to help former Soviet-bloc nations join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and to normalize relations between the US and Vietnam. To learn more Madeleine Albright, you can visit the National Women's Hall of Fame site.