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Musical Grrls Vol. 2
Elected into the Gallery are: Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Bjork, and Janis Joplin.

The other vote getters were: Gwen Stefani, Paula Cole, kd lang, Bonnie Raitt and Mary J. Blige

Significant write-in support came in for: Sheryl Crow, Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, and Joan Jett.

Also see: Musical Grrls, Vol. I



Trailblazing Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery are: Marie Curie, Amelia Earheart, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Margaret Sanger.

The other vote getters were: Sally Ride, Gloria Steinem, Mary Leakey, Geraldine Ferraro and Mary Cassatt

Significant write-in support came in for: Madeline Albright, Joan of Arc, Rosa Parks, Gertrude Stein.



Movie Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery are: Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Whoopi Goldberg, and Katherine Hepburn.

The other vote getters were: Christina Ricci, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone , Michelle Yeoh and Meryl Streep

Significant write-in support came in for: Jodi Foster, Jeaneane Garafalo, Ingrid Bergman, Emma Thompson, Mae West.



Sporting Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery are: Gabrielle Reese (volleyball), Mia Hamm (soccer), Martina Navritilova (tennis), Jackie Joyner Kersee (heptathalon), and Lisa Leslie (basketball)

The other vote getters were: Manon Rheaume (ice hockey), Bonnie Blair (speed skating), Shirley Muldowney (auto racing), Julie Krone (jockey) and Bev Francis (bodybuilding)

Significant write-in support came in for: Monica Seles (tennis), Janet Evans (swimmer), Dominique Dawes (gymnastics), Cheryl Swoopes (basketball)



Writing Grrls Vol. 1
By far, the writing group had the most even voting, and the most write-in candidates of any of the Gallery categories so far.

Elected into the Gallery in this first batch are: Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, and Virginia Woolf.

The other vote getters were: Amy Tan, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Ursula K. LeGuin, Anne Sexton and Pearl S. Buck

Significant write-in support came in for: Ayn Rand, Sylvia Plath, Jeanette Winterson, Maya Angelou, Mary Shelley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Francescia Lia Block, Willa Cather and Marion Zimmer Bradley.



Political Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery in this first batch are: Eleanor Roosevelt, Cleopatra, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Catherine the Great, and Indira Ghandi.

The other vote getters were: Margaret Thatcher, Sandra Day O'Connor, Jocelyn Elders, Barbara Jordan, and Golda Meir

Significant write-in support came in for: Ann Richards, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Shirley Chislom, and Hatshepsut.



Television Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery in this first batch are: Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) from "X-Files", Daria Morgendorfer, Ellen Morgan (Ellen Degeneres) from "Ellen", Xena (Lucy Lawless) from "Xena: Warrior Princess", Rosie O'Donnell from "the Rosie O' Donnell Show" and Carol Hathaway (Julianna Marguiles) from "ER".

The other vote getters were: Oprah Winfrey from "Oprah", Mimi (Kathy Kinney) from "the Drew Carey Show", Mary Catherine (Molly Shannon) from "Saturday Night Live", and Moesha from "Moesha"

Significant write-in support came in for: Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves) from "Frasier", Carol Burnett, Angela Chase (Clare Danes) from "My So Called Life" and Pamela Anderson Lee-- so expect to see these and other Television Grrls nominated in upcoming months!



Musical Grrls Vol. 1
Elected into the Gallery in this first batch are: Courtney Love (Hole), Ani DiFranco, Madonna, Tracy Chapman , and Alanis Morrisette .

The other vote getters were: Deborah Harry (Blondie), Kim Deal (Breeders/Pixies), Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), and Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)

Anyway, if your favorite musical grrl didn't make it in this time, don't be blue. This was just the first round of voting. Significant write-in support came in for: Gwen Stefani, Tori Amos, Jewel, Poe, Bjork, and Sheryl Crow-- so expect to see these and other Musical Grrls nominated in upcoming months!