In the past year, we've lost several truly remarkable leaders. Here are the Ms. Magazine and MsMagazine.com tributes to these inspiring figures.

BETTY FRIEDAN (1921 - 2006)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

Remembrance by Eleanor Smeal, former NOW president and publisher of Ms., on her blog The Smeal Report

Remembrance by Katherine Spillar, executive editor of Ms., with recollections and comments from Ms. community members

CORETTA SCOTT KING (1927 - 2006)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

Personal Reflections by Eleanor Smeal, at The Smeal Report blog

A Prayer for Coretta Scott King, submitted by a Ms. community member

photo: The King Center

MOLLY YARD (1912 - 2005)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

A Remembrance by Eleanor Smeal, at The Smeal Report blog

Read "The Booming Voice of Molly Yard," by Jeanne K. C. Clark in the winter 2006 issue of Ms., on newsstands now

ROSA PARKS (1913 - 2005)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

First woman to lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda

photo: AP archives

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (1924 - 2005)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

Obituary from the archives of ms.musings, a Ms. Magazine blog

photo: Arlie Scott for PBS's POV series

WENDY WASSERSTEIN (1950 - 2006)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

Personal Reflections on the Life of Wendy Wasserstein, by Cynthia Samuels

C. DeLORES TUCKER (1927 - 2005)

Feminist Daily News Obituary

photo: The National Congress of Black Women