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2020 marks 100 years of women getting the right to vote! On August 18th, 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution finally gave women their full voting rights. APB continues to represent several speakers on women's issues, from award-winning actresses and activists to journalists, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and innovative global leaders. Below, we have highlighted some of our most talked-about and requested female voices. Responsible for inspiring millions, these women continue to empower audiences worldwide.

Michelle Obama’s Chief Speechwriter and APB speaker Sara Hurwitz recently received rave "tweetamonials" from the Obamas about her book, Here All Along. Hurwitz decided to use her lifelong passion of writing and turn it into a book about connecting to religion, specifically Judaism. On April 17, 2020, Former United States President Barack Obama praised her book and recent Washington Post article on showing “lovingkindness” during a time of social distancing.  

Is America ready for their first female vice president? Political commentator and APB speaker Melissa Harris-Perry interviewed Stacey Abrams for Elle.com on voting rights, COVID-19, and possibly being the running mate to Joe Biden.

Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen, APB speaker Hugh Evans is creating a historic multi-hour digital and broadcast event to raise money during COVID-19. He joined Yahoo Finance to discuss the “One World: Together at Home” concert taking place on April 18th to benefit the frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Moving up the ladder at Teen Vogue from intern to first job out of college to now Editor-in-Chief, new exclusive APB speaker Lindsay Peoples Wagner is the perfect example of a leader paving the way for younger generations. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and APB speaker Nick Kristof published his 12-step coronavirus action plan in the New York Times Opinion section, drawing from both public health research and his decades of experience covering dire situations all over the world and at home. Kristof’s 12-step plan is very clear, which is a welcome contrast to the uncertainty of current events. He recommends measures such as setting up drive-through testing, suspending the vacations of health workers and passing paid sick leave legislation. Kristof points out that flattening the curve is our best option, saying, “we are much better off if 100 million Americans contract the coronavirus over 18 months than over 18 weeks.”

A former White House communications director, noted political and digital strategist, Pod Save America co-host, CNN contributor and best-selling author, Dan Pfeiffer recently released his new book title Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again. Drawing from his experience in Democratic politics, Pfeiffer targets and calls for Democrats to accept the progressive solutions supported by current party nominees, such as abolishing the electoral college. 

March is Women's History Month, a time to honor and celebrate the triumphs of the trailblazing women who have paved the way for change and progress. APB continues to represent a number of speakers on women's issues, from award-winning actresses and activists to journalists, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and innovative global leaders. Below, we have highlighted some of our most talked-about and requested female voices. Responsible for inspiring millions, these women continue to empower audiences worldwide:

Former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and APB speaker Gro Harlem Brundtland weighed in on the coronavirus epidemic, drawing parallels to the SARS epidemic that originated in China in 2002. Brundtland was at the helm of the WHO when the global threat of SARS arose, and her clearheaded leadership during a time of hysteria helped curtail and contain the spread of the disease.

NBA legend and APB speaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is collaborating with the History channel to bring audiences the groundbreaking, one-hour documentary Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution, which premieres Wednesday, February 19^th at 10pm ET/PT. Abdul-Jabbar has been heavily invested in bringing light to the untold stories of African-Americans throughout our nation’s history since he retired from his record-breaking NBA career.