Sister Cities

In 1988, Estrich became the first woman to head a national presidential campaign and was the first woman president of the Harvard Law Review. Now she is a law professor at the University of Southern California, a legal and political analyst for Fox News, and a regular contributor to USA Today and the American Lawyer.

Mae C. Jemison
Astronaut, medical doctor, and chemical engineer
The Jemison Group

Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992 and became the first woman of color to go into space. Today, she serves as the Jemison Group's president and is a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College.

Fran Keeth
President and CEO
Shell Chemicals LP

As president and CEO of Shell Chemicals LP, the U.S. arm of London-based Shell Chemicals Ltd., Keeth oversees U.S. operations and global functions for the parent company. Keeth's move into the top slot at the company makes her the first woman to lead a major U.S. chemical company.

Mary Lou Quinlan
Founder
Just Ask a Woman

As former CEO of N.W. Ayers & Partners, the oldest advertising agency in the United States, Quinlan helped give the world such gems as "A diamond is forever" and "Reach out and touch someone." In 1999, Quinlan founded Just Ask a Woman, one of the country's only marketing consultancies dedicated to helping businesses understand women.

Harriet Rubin
Senior writer
Fast Company

Rubin is a writer, consultant, and lecturer on leadership trends. She is the author of the international best-seller The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women and the founder of Currency Books, a division of Doubleday, which, under her direction, became a leading publisher of business books.

Heidi Schneider
Executive vice president
Neuberger Berman

As head of the private asset-management division at Neuberger Berman, Schneider is responsible for the firm's marketing and Internet strategies and is a member of its five-person executive committee.

Bobbi Silten
President of the U.S. Dockers and Slates brands
Levi Strauss & Co.

In her role at Levi Strauss & Co., Silten leads the Dockers and Slates brands in the United States. She is also a member of the Americas' Leadership Team, which sets high-level strategic direction for the company in North, Central, and South America.

Sarah Weddington
Attorney, professor, and author
The Weddington Center

Weddington is a nationally known attorney and spokesperson on public issues and leadership and has been a longtime advocate for women. Now an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin, she is working on a book about leadership and self-renewal. Her first book, A Question of Choice, deals with the landmark Roe v. Wade case, which she argued before the Supreme Court and won in 1973.