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Women in Command  | President of United Earth Appearances: Star Trek: Discovery Portrayed by: Stacey Abrams

There's a lot of work to do, are you ready for that?

President of United Earth in 3189, she was instrumental in Earth's rejoining the United Federation of Planets after first contact with species 10-C yielded the elimination of the world destroying power known as the DMA.

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Women in Command | Stacey Abrams, politician

Stacey is a Yale-trained tax attorney, entrepreneur, writer and small business owner. She co-founded NOW Account, a financial services firm that helps Georgia small businesses access capital, grow their operations and create jobs. She is also the CEO of Sage Works Productions, a production company in Georgia with several projects under development, including with CBS Studios and NBC/Universal. In her various leadership roles, Stacey has hired and employed Georgians in every region of the state, including hundreds of young people beginning their careers.

Her executive experience includes founding and implementing strategic plans for New Georgia Project, focused on voter registration; Fair Fight Action and Fair Fight PAC, focused on protecting voting rights; and Fair Count, dedicated to meaningful participation in the Census and civic engagement. Each of these organizations is thriving today and making progress on behalf of the people of Georgia. She also founded and served as executive director of the Southern Economic Advancement Project, which develops and promotes policy solutions to challenges in Georgia and neighboring Southern states.

In 2010, Stacey became House Democratic Leader in the Georgia General Assembly, the first woman to lead either party in the state legislature and the first Black Georgian to lead in the House of Representatives. As Democratic Leader, she stopped legislation that would have created the largest tax increase in Georgia history, keeping more money in the pockets of our families. Now running for governor, she is ready to lead Georgia into its next and greatest chapter.

Stacey is a huge Star Trek fan who joined Trek stars to fundraise in 2020 and appeared in Star Trek Discovery's fourth season finale as the President of United Earth. You can read more about her here.

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Pioneering Black Women | Nichelle Nichols, actress, singer, NASA spokeswoman, and activist

Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.

Nichelle Nichols portrayed Lt. (later Commander) Uhura for three seasons and six films of Star Trek. Uhura is a character who has had quantifiable importance to our society. She has fans in the space program, the entertainment industry, the White House, and famously includes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nichelle Nichols went on to use her name recognition from Star Trek in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's efforts to recruit women and minorities for the space shuttle program in the late 1970s and 1980s. Over the span of her long career, Nichols has released albums, written books, headlined stage shows, and charmed at conventions across the world. You can read more about her here.

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Women in STEM  | B’Elanna Torres, Chief Engineer of the starship Voyager Appearances: Star Trek: Voyager Portrayed by: Roxann Dawson

I’m an engineer. I fix things.

The daughter of a Klingon mother and a human father, B’Elanna Torres struggled with fitting in. Very bright, she was a promising student at the Academy, but her difficulty with authority and self-esteem led to her leaving early. She drifted for a while, finally settling with the Maquis, under Chakotay, and ultimately joining Voyager when they are lost across the galaxy from home. On Voyager, Torres finally found a community that accepted her as she was and both her professional and personal life thrived. 

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Women in Command  | Kathryn Janeway, Captain of the starship Voyager Appearances: Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek films (The Next Generation) Portrayed by: Kate Mulgrew

In command school, they taught us to always remember that maneuvering a starship is a very delicate process. But over the years, I've learned that sometimes you just have to punch your way through.

Kathryn Janeway was captain of the Federation starship Voyager. Janeway’s background was in science but her Academy mentor, Admiral Paris encouraged her to try command which he felt she had an aptitude for. She rose quickly and was ultimately assigned as captain of the science and exploration vessel, Voyager. The ship disappeared on their first mission, being flung to the Delta Quadrant by a benevolent entity known as the Caretaker. Janeway was tasked with getting her ship and crew, now including a number of dissidents and criminals lost along with them, home. 

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Women in Command  | Katrina Cornwell, Starfleet Command Appearances: Star Trek: Discovery Portrayed by: Jayne Brook

The Federation has no death penalty.

Katrina Cornwell was a Starfleet Vice Admiral during the Klingon War. Cornwell had a background in psychology and served as a counselor prior to her time with Starfleet Command. During the war, Cornwell acted as an ambassador of the Federation attempting to open peace talks, and leader of a strategic task force; she temporarily assumed command of Discovery when its late captain was revealed to be an imposter.

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Women in STEM  | Lily Sloane, engineer Appearances: Star Trek films (The Next Generation) Portrayed by: Alfre Woodard

Lily Sloane was a 21st century scientist who worked with Zephram Cochrane to create the first warp capable vessel on Earth. She was caught up in a battle between the Borg who’d travelled back in time to stop the flight, and the crew of the Enterprise who’d travelled back in time to stop them. Sloane thus saw her future and joined the fight to preserve it. Sloane’s contributions to history were often overlooked, but she was instrumental to the warp project that built the foundations of the Federation. 

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Cinnamon Rolls Who Could Probably Kill You  | Samantha Wildman, xenobiologist assigned to the starship Voyager Appearances: Star Trek: Voyager Portrayed by: Nancy Hower

Samantha Wildman was a xenobiologist assigned to Voyager when it was lost in the Delta Quadrant. Married to a Ktarian, Wildman became pregnant just before leaving Deep Space 9 and ultimately, though inadvertently, Federation space. Wildman's daughter was born on Voyager and raised on the ship for the first six years of her life. Voyager was a difficult environment in which to raise a child, but Wildman persevered, building a small community around her daughter.