By Erica and Karen

W

e owe so many women so much. We can’t possible name them all, but we can name some of them. Here are twelve favorites.

1. Christiane Amanpour. For elegantly interviewing dictators in the best accent ever.

2. Margaret Atwood. For being brave and funny as she warns us about history repeating itself.

3. Mary Barra. For proving a woman can make in Detroit.

4. Viola Davis. For finding the force in her characters, and using it.

5. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. For making quirky sexy.

6. Gloria Estefan. For bridging cultures and making us dance.

7. Billie Jean King. For beating Bobby Riggs.

8. Rita Moreno. For starring twice in the same movie while becoming older in technicolor.

9. Dolly Parton. For being a brilliant blond with a huge voice, an eloquent pen and a style all her own.  

10. Sheryl Sandberg. For being a powerful woman in Silicon Valley who still works to advance women. 

11. Lesley Stahl. For her intrepid fifty year career.

12. Diane von Furstenberg. For the wrap dress that helped us unlock our careers.