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n. (plural of supersister English)
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Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979 by Supersisters, Inc. They featured famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, sports, and other areas of achievement. The cards were designed in response to the trading cards popular among children in the US at the time which mostly featured men.
The cards were created by Lois Rich of Irvington, New York, and her sister Barbara Egerman, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, a teacher, librarian, and founder of the Ohio chapter of the National Organization for Women. They conceived of the cards in 1978, after Rich's young daughter asked her why there were no women on trading cards. Rich also discovered that students at a local elementary school could not name five famous women. Rich and Egerman received a small grant from the New York State Education Department and wrote to nearly 500 prominent American women in various fields. They purposely did not contact a number of notable women, including Anita Bryant, Angela Davis, Phyllis Schlafly, and the cast of Charlie's Angels. Jane Fonda, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and Ella T. Grasso were among those who did not respond or declined to participate. Of those who did respond, they included the first 72 in the trading card set, including Jane Pauley, Margaret Mead, and Gloria Steinem. By 1981, they reported that they had sold 15,000 trading card sets, selling many to schools and colleges.
Reaction to the cards was largely positive, though some later critics called the cards "misguided" and "trivial". Sets of the trading cards are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the University of Iowa library.
Card #
Name
Occupation
1
Olympic skier
2
journalist
3
US Congresswoman
4
US Congresswoman
5
banker
6
Rabbi
rabbi
7
author
8
US Congresswoman
9
singer
10
author
11
actress
12
journalist
13
author
14
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
15
chair of Republican National Committee
16
anthropologist
17
Olympic swimmer
18
actress
19
tennis player
20
politician
21
US Congresswoman
22
New York State Senator
23
journalist
24
pilot
25
US Congresswoman
26
author
27
civil rights pioneer
28
US Congresswoman
29
flautist
30
skier
31
poet
32
author
33
US Congresswoman
34
singer-songwriter
35
President of the National Organization for Women
36
gymnast
37
surfer
38
entertainer
39
US Congresswoman
40
composer and choreographer
41
advertising
42
newspaper publisher
43
actress
44
actress
45
author, runner
46
runner
47
Olympic skier
48
tennis player
49
United States Secretary of Education
50
gymnast
51
film director
52
journalist
53
race car driver
54
pilot
55
actress
56
advertising
57
television executive
58
skier
59
gymnast
60
journalist
61
lawyer
62
author
63
gymnast
64
Olympic gymnast
65
Olympic equestrian
66
singer
67
roller skater
68
Olympic swimmer
69
actress
70
actress
71
US Congresswoman
72
poet