Got a Girl Crush On: Sara Horowitz (founder of the Freelancers Union)

Sara Horowitz is the founder of the Freelancers Union, leading organizations of independent workers and reshaping the way self-employment is viewed (not to mention is a smart effing cookie: Echoing green, MacArthur Fellow, and graduated from Cornell University).

Bonus: her grandfather was vice-president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in New York!