This year’s edition profiles these 12 amazing international women:

Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada) — Inuit environmental activist Sheryl Swoopes (United States) — African-American superstar basketball player; most famous athlete active in a team sport to come out of the closet Harriet Tubman (United States / Canada) — Conductor on the Underground Railroad; laundress, cook, nurse, scout, spy, and recruiter for the Union Army during the Civil War; activist for women’s rights and civil rights Cecilia Payne (Great Britain / United States) — Pioneering female astronomer; made the ground-breaking discovery that stars are composed predominantly of hydrogen and helium; first woman to be granted the rank of full professor at Harvard Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley (Jamaica / Canada) — Writer, performer, folklore collector, and story-teller; wrote and performed Jamaican dialect poems, stories, and songs; taught a message of cultural pride Ani DiFranco (United States) — Independent musician and activist Anita Roddick (Great Britain) — Entrepreneur and activist; a leader in the ethical consumerism movement; founder of The Body Shop Flora MacDonald (Canada) — Politician and activist; first female Secretary of State for External Affairs in Canada; founder of Future Generations Canada, a humanitarian organization that works in Afghanistan Maude Barlow (Canada) — Author and activist; national chairperson of the Council of Canadians Helen Wolfe (Canada) — Activist, world traveler, teacher, and athlete living with spina bifida Yoko Ono (Japan / United States)—Artist, musician, and peace activist Molly Ivins (United States)—Controversial journalist, writer, and activist

“Celebrates the sisterhood with photos, quotes and snippets of wisdom… plus the roomy format, organized by the hour, leaves plenty of space for errands. Let’s go girls!” Homemakers Magazine

“When I walk into a meeting and toss a Woman’s Agenda down people perceive me as a force to be reckoned with. Because the women featured tend to be relatively grassroots, rather than so lofty I could never come close, I gain a sense of strength from the calendar. I’ve always preferred the black and white photography, and the binding is strong—I’ve never had a page tear out.” —Dianne B., Worcester, MA