In honor of the noticeable lack of diversity in our President elects cabinet, let's take a moment to celebrate five women of color they probably didn't teach you about in high school.

The unbossed and unbought Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected into United States Congress in 1968. During her time in Congress she worked on the Education and Labor Committee and helped form the Black Caucus. Less than five years later she made history again by becoming the first black woman to run for the office of the presidency.

Septima Poinsettia Clark is known as the Grandmother of the American Civil Rights Movement. In 1920 while working as an educator in Charleston, South Carolina, Clark worked closely with the NAACP to round up petitions to allow blacks to serve as principals in Charleston schools. Not only did these petitions allow for the first black principal to serve in Charleston, but she also worked tirelessly to teach literacy to black adults. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter awarded Clark with the Living Legacy Award.

Ellen Lauri Ochoa holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from San Diego State University and a Master of Science Degree from Stanford University. She also became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served a nine day mission aboard the shuttle "Discovery" in 1993. On January 1st, 2013 Ochoa made history once again by becoming the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Maria Corazon Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines, the first woman to hold a position in that office and the first female president in Asia. Aquino was the most well known figure of the People Power Revolution of 1886 which crushed the twenty-one year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and returned democracy to the Philippines. She was named Time's "Woman of the Year" in 1986.

Tona Brown made history when she became the first trans person of color to perform at Carnegie Hall. She told Out Magazine that she wanted her concert "From Stonewall to Carnegie" to educate the audience about the fight and struggles of LGBT Americans from 1969 through today. Tona is also the first black transgender woman to play for an American President.

"There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That’s their problem. It’s not mine."