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00:00These six women nailed it by not giving in to the BS.
00:02They may have started from the bottom, but now they're here.
00:11This woman made fighting her job.
00:13Born with a neurological disorder that kept her from speaking until she was six, her father
00:18committed suicide when she was eight.
00:20After winning an Olympic bronze medal at 15, she began a prescription drug and alcohol
00:24addiction.
00:25She nailed it when despite these obstacles, she went on to become the number one fighter
00:28in the UFC, where she's more famous than her male counterparts.
00:32She's Ronda Rousey, and with a 12-0 record, she's never lost a fight.
00:37This badass wasn't exactly on the CEO track.
00:39She dropped out of community college, worked dead-end job after dead-end job, and shoplifted
00:44to support herself.
00:45She started selling vintage clothes on eBay and built it into a billion-dollar online retailer,
00:50Nasty Gal.
00:51She nailed it when she told every girl to be a boss in her book, Girlboss.
00:55She's Sophia Amoruso, and she's giving the middle finger to the idea that only good girls
01:00get the corner office.
01:02This woman was chastised by Harvard Law professors for taking up a seat that should have gone to
01:06a more qualified man.
01:07She entered the legal world where good jobs weren't offered to women, yet she emerged
01:11as a Supreme Court justice.
01:12She nailed it when she literally wrote the book on sex discrimination law.
01:16She's Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and it's no wonder her nickname is Notorious RBG.
01:21This woman didn't let the bullshit get her down.
01:24She was bullied relentlessly for not behaving like a boy, and the shame resulted in an attempted
01:28suicide at age 11.
01:30She was performing as a drag queen when she was cast in an unknown show called Orange is
01:34the New Black.
01:34She nailed it when she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy.
01:39She's Laverne Cox, and she's now using her star power as an activist for the transgender
01:44community.
01:47She grew up on the south side of Chicago, and at 30 was still earning $400 a month as
01:51a waitress.
01:52She borrowed $52,000 from friends to open a restaurant, but lost it all after blindly trusting
01:57a broker to invest it.
02:00She nailed it by successfully suing the brokerage firm, which began her quest to educate women
02:04on the power of money and investing.
02:07She's Susie Orman, and she's now known as one of the best finance gurus out there.
02:11Her family went bankrupt when she was nine.
02:14Her dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and her parents divorced soon after.
02:18She was voted teacher's worst nightmare in high school, and worked as a bartender struggling
02:22with small parts while pursuing stand-up.
02:24She nailed it when she rode those life experiences into a hilarious TV show dissecting social norms.
02:29She's Amy Schumer, and she's the first female comic to perform at Madison Square Garden.
02:35She's The Greatest.
02:37She's The Greatest место.
02:39She was an athletic advisor to the home.
02:39She's The Greatest.
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