Girls who broke Barriers for Junior Scholastic
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Constance McMillen fought for gay rights—specifically fought to be able to take her girlfriend to prom.
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Claudette Colvin was a Civil Rights Activist in 1955—at 15 years old was arrested for not giving up her bus seat for a white woman.
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Tatyana McFadden fought for rights of disabled athletes.
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Alice de Rivera fought for gender rights in school—she applied to an all boys high school in NYC.
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