AAA Alphabetical TED Women Talks List

This is an easy-to-scan alphabetical list of all the TED and TEDx Women talks I've posted on AWR to encourage more women to Speak Up, Speak Out, and Take the Stage.

It's alphabetical by first name because...well, because that's how it turned out!

As of August 2012, there are 300+ talks listed, and the number continues to grow...

• A is for Amazing

• @AmazingSusan Rocks Gender Imparity Boat
• Amanda Palmer: https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking
• Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids
• Aditi Shankardass on Learning Disorders in Children
• Adrianna Svitak Plays Piano & TEDxRedmond Highlights (TEDxRedmond)
• Ahn Trio With A Modern Take On The Piano, Violin & Cello
• Aicha el-Wafi & Phyllis Rodriguez: 9/11 Mothers Who Found Forgiveness
• Aimee Mullins And Her 12 Pairs Of Legs
• Aimee Mullins On Running
• Aimee Mullins Redefines Disability And Adversity
• Angela Schaefers: Your Story Matters (TEDxUCIrvine)
• Aleta Margolis Speaks At TEDxAshokaU
• Ali Carr-Chellman Games Engage Learning
• Alice Dreger Is Anatomy Destiny?
• Alisa Miller Shares The News About The News
• Alisa Volkman and Rufus Griscom Talk About Parenting Taboos
• Alison Jackson Looks At Celebrity
• Allison Hunt Gets (A New) Hip
• Amber Case on the Symbiotic Interactions Between Humans and Machines
• Amy Krouse Rosenthal Speaks At TEDxWaterloo
• Amy Lockwood Sells Condoms In The Congo
• Amy Smith Shares Simple, Lifesaving Design
• Amy Tan On Creativity
• Ananda Shankar Jayant on Her Fight With Cancer
• Andrea Ghez On The Hunt For A Supermassive Black Hole
• Angela Belcher Use Nature Grow Batteries
• Ann Cooper Talks School Lunches
• Anna Deavere Smith's American Character
• Anna Dymna Speaks At TEDxWarsaw
• Annie Lennox On Being An HIV/AIDS Activist
• AnnMarie Thomas On Turning Kids into Circuit Designers
• Aparna Wilder Speaks at TEDxGurgaon
• Arianna Huffington Says Get 40 Winks

 

B is for Brave

• Beverly and Dereck Joubert on Life Lessons From Big Cats
• Bonnie Bassler On How Bacteria "Talk"
• Brenda Laurel On Games For Girls
• Brene Brown Talks About Connection And Vulnerability
• Brigitte Berman Speaks Out Against Bullying (TEDxRedmond)

 

C is for Courageous

• Camille Seaman Haunting Photos Polar Ice
• Carmen Agra Deedy Spins Stories
• Caroline Disler Speaks At TEDxWaterloo
• Caroline Lavelle Casts A Spell On Cello
• Caroline Casey On Moving Beyond Our Limits
• Carolyn Porco: Could A Saturn Moon Harbor Life?
• Catherine Mohr On Surgery's Past, Present And Robotic Future
• Charity Tillemann-Dick Tells a Double Story of Survival
• Chameli Ardagh - The Fierce face of the Feminine, TEDxGrassValley
• Chimamanda Adichie On The Danger Of A Single Story
• Christien Meindertsma on What Becomes of The Pig
• Cindy Gallop: Make Love Not Porn
• Cynthia Breazeal on The Rise of Personal Robots

 

D is for Determined

• Danielle de Niese: A Flirtatious Aria
• Deborah Gordon Digs Ants
• Deborah Rhodes: Do You Know Which Group You
• Deborah Scranton On Her "War Tapes"
• Dee Boersma Says - Pay Attention To Penguins
• Del Harvey: https://www.ted.com/talks/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter
• Diana Laufenberg Gives Insight About Learning From Mistakes
• Diane Benscoter On How Cults Rewire The Brain
• Dianna Cohen's Shocking Pics of Plastic Pollution
• Doris Kearns Goodwin On Learning From Past Presidents
• Dr Catherine Zahn Speaks at TEDxToronto
• Dr Hawa Abdi & Dr Deqo Mohamed: Mother, Daughters, Doctors, & Saints
• Dubai Abulhoul: Anti-Ageism
• Dyan deNapoli The Great Penguin Rescue

 

E is for Extraordinary

• Eddi Reader On "What You've Got"
• Eden Full on Changemaking and Solar Panels At TEDxYYC
• Edith Widder On Bioluminescence
• Elaine Morgan Says We Evolved From Aquatic Apes
• Eleni Gabre-Madhin On Ethiopian Economics
• Elham Al Qasimi Gets Everything But Physical at TEDxDubai Reboot 2010
• Elif Shafak, Author, on How Stories Widen the Imagination
• Elisa Parker - Women Reshaping the World Together, TEDxGrassValley
• Elizabeth Gilbert On Nurturing Creativity
• Elizabeth Hoffman Talks About Her Psychological Research At TEDxEDUcn
• Elizabeth Lesser Explores the Two Sides of Human Nature
• Elizabeth Lindsey On How Knowledge Is Passed Down As Stories And Lore
• Elizabeth Murchison Fights Devil Cancer
• Elizabeth Pisani Speaks on AIDS Research
• Ellen Dunham-Jones on Sustainable Suburbia
• Ellen Gustafson Speaks About Obesity & Hunger
• Ellen McGirt Speaks About The Written Word At TEDxGreenville
• Emily Levine's Theory Of Everything
• Emily Oster Flips Our Thinking On AIDS In Africa
• Emily Pilloton Speaks About a Design Revolution
• Emiratweet Co-founders Shine at TEDxAjman
• Erin McKean Redefines The Dictionary
• Esther Duflo Speaks on Poverty Research
• Eva Vertes Looks To The Future Of Medicine
• Eva Zeisel On The Playful Search For Beauty
• Eve Ensler On Happiness In Body And Soul
• Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl
• Eve Ensler Suddenly, My Body

 

F is for Fantastic

• Funmi Iyanda speaking at TEDxEuston

 

G is for Great

• Gina Bianchini Steals Ideas & Stories, & Shares Them
• Ginny Woods - Compassion into Action TEDxGrassValley
• Graca Machel Proposes A Different Approach To MDGs
• Gonan Premfors Talks Parentology At TEDxDubai Reboot 2010

 

H is for Heroic

• Halla Tomasdottir on Applying Feminine Values in a Financial Crisis
• Hanna Rosin on The Rise of Women
• Hedy Schleifer, Clinical Psychologist - TEDxTelAviv
• Helen Barrett On Social Networks and Interactive Portfolios at TEDxASB
• Helen Fisher On Love
• Honor Harger: History of Universe in Sound

I is for Imaginative

• Imogen Heap Plays "Wait It Out"
• Inge Missmahl Talks About Her Healing Missions to Afghanistan
• Isabel Allende Tells Tales of Passion In A Riveting TED Talk
• Isabel Behncke on How Bonobo Ape Society Learns From Play
• Iyeko Performs At TEDxAtlantic

 

J is for Joyful

• Jackie Tabick (Rabbi) On The Balancing Act Of Compassion
• Jacqueline Novogratz A Third Way To Think About Aid (Jun 2009)
• Jacqueline Novogratz Invests In Ending Poverty
• Jacqueline Novogratz On Escaping Poverty
• Jacqueline Novogratz On Inspiring A life Of Immersion
• Jacqueline Novogratz On Patient Capitalism
• Jae Rhim Lee: My Mushroom Burial Suit
• Jane Chen: A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives
• Jane Goodall Helps Humans And Animals Live Together
• Jane Goodall On What Separates Us From The Apes
• Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
• Jane Poynter On Life In Biosphere 2
• Janet Echelman On Taking Imagination Seriously
• Janet Maykus, College of Pastoral Leaders - TEDxAustin
• Janine Benyus Shares Nature's Designs
• Janna Levin on The Soundtrack of The Universe
• Jehane Noujaim On A Global Day Of Film
• Jennifer 8. Lee Hunts For General Tso
• Jennifer Lin Improvs Piano Magic
• Jessa Gamble on The Science Behind Our Body Clock
• Jesse Locks - The Superwoman Syndrome, TEDxGrassValley
• Jessi Arrington: Wearing Nothing New
• Jessica Green: Filtering Wrong Microbes?
• Jessica Jackley on Poverty, Money...and Love
• Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke Of Insight
• Jill Sobule Sings To Al Gore
• Jill Tarter's Call To Join The SETI Search
• Joan Halifax: Compassion And Empathy
• JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Demos Stunning Data Visualization In The AlloSphere
• Jody Williams: Her Vision For World Peace
• Johanna Blakley on Mass Media & Entertainment
• Johanna Blakley on Social Media and The End of Gender
• Josette Sheeran on Ending Hunger
• Julia Bacha: One Story, One Film, Many Changes.
• Julia Bacha: Pay Attention to Non Violence
• Julia Query: On Being In A Club Nobody Wants To Join (TEDxSanFrancisco)
• Julia Sweeney, Comic Actor, on the Facts of Life
• Julia Sweeney On Letting Go Of God
• Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

K is for Knowledgeable

• Kaki King Rocks Out To "Pink Noise"
• Karuna Gopal On Indian Cities
• Kate Hartman Wearable Communication
• Kate Orff on How The Oyster is an Agent of Urban Change
• Katherine Fulton On The Future Of Philanthropy
• Kathryn Hall-Trujillo Speaks At TEDxAshokaU
• Kathryn Schulz On Embracing Our Fallibility
• Kavita Ramdas On Radical Women Embracing Tradition
• Khulood Al Atiyat: Unleashing Creativity
• Kim Gorgens Says Protect Kids
• Kiran Bedi on Visionary Leadership
• Kiran Bir Sethi Infects Indian Children With The I CAN Bug
• Krista Tippett Deconstructs The Meaning Of Compassion
• Kristen Ashburn's Photos Of AIDS
• Kristina Gierde Makes Law On The High Seas

 

L is for Learned

• Lakshmi Pratury On Letter-Writing
• Laura Trice Suggests We All Say Thank You
• Lauren Zalaznick Conscience Of Television
• Laurie Garrett On Lessons From The 1918 Flu
• Laurie Santos On Monkey Economics
• Leila Chirayath, Samasource Founder Speaks at TEDxSiliconValley
• Lesley Hazelton Reads The Quran Slowly
• Lisa Gansky On The future Of Business
• Lisa Margonelli On The Politics Of Oil
• Liz Coleman's Call To Reinvent Liberal Arts Education
• Liza Donnelly on How Humor Can Empower Women
• Loretta Holloway Sings At TEDxGreenville
• Lori Kent Talks Visual Arts At TEDxWarsaw
• Louise Fresco On Feeding The Whole World
• Louise Leakey Digs For Humanity's Origins

M is for Magnificent

• MacMaster And Leahy Play The Fiddle
• Madeleine Albright On Being A Woman And A Diplomat
• Madhur Anand Speaks at TEDxWaterloo
• Madison Razo Says Kids Don
• Mae Jemison On Teaching Arts And Sciences Together
• Maira Kalman, The Illustrated Woman
• Majora Carter's Tale Of Urban Renewal
• Majorca Carter Shares EcoActivism Success Stories
• Mallika Sarabhai On How Dance Can Change The World
• Margaret Gould Stewart on YouTube & Copyright
• Margaret Wertheim On The Beautiful Math Of Coral
• Marian Bantjes on Beauty in Design
• Marisa Fick-Jordan Shares The Wonder Of Zulu Wire Art
• Marshall Chapman Performs At TEDxGreenville
• Marty Avery Speaks at TEDxWaterloo
• Mary Roach Tells Of 10 things You Didn't Know About Orgasm
• Mary Spio Presents The Age of "Me"dia At TEDxGreenville
• Masarat Daud: Educating The World in Eight Days
• Maya Beiser(s) And Her Cello(s)
• Maya Ganesan Speak About Her Poetry & Writing (TEDxRedmond)
• Melinda Gates Says Coke Lessons Can Help Us Change The World
• Mena Trott On Blogs
• Miao Wong And Her Heart For Art At TEDxEDUcn
• Michelle Obama's Plea For Education
• Miru Kim's Underground Art
• Miwa Matreyek Creates Multi-Media Magic
• Molly Fisk - Procession of Hours and Days and Years, TEDxGrassValley
• Molly Fisk Reads Her Poetry At TEDxSanFransisco
• Monika Konieczny Presents Her Altergames At TEDxWarsaw
• Monja Wolf on The Transition Into Social Development

 

N is for Natural

• Nadia Al-Sakkaf: Yemen Through My Eyes
• Nalini Nadkarni Challenges Our Perspective on Trees & Prisons
• Nalini Nadkarni On Conserving The Canopy
• Nancy Etcoff On The Surprising Science Of Happiness
• Naomi Klein Asks Are We Addicted to Extreme Risk In Finding New Energy
• Natalie Jeremijenko Speaks About The Art of The Eco-Mindshift
• Natalie Merchant Sings From Her New Album
• Natasha Tsakos Is WOW! In "Upwake"
• Nehha Bhatnagar on Bharatanatyam Dance
• Nellie McKay Sings "Clonie"
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala On Doing Business In Africa
• Nina Jablonski Breaks The Illusion Of Skin Color
• Nina Tandon Caring For Engineered Tissue
• Nora York Sings "What I Want"
• Noreena Hertz On Relying Too Much On Experts

O is for Oh My God!

• Ory Okolloh On Becoming An Activist

 

P is for Perfect

• Pamela Myer: How To Spot A Liar
• Pamelia Kurstin Plays The Theremin
• Paola Antonelli Treats Design As Art
• Patricia Burchat Sheds Light On Dark Matter
• Patricia Kuhl On The Linguistic Genius Of Babies (at TEDxRainier)
• Patricia Ryan Asks If The World Is Too Focused on English
• Pattie Maes And Pranav Mistry Demo SixthSense
• Paula Scher Gets Serious
• Penelope Boston Says There Might Be Life On Mars
• Pianist Kelly Ward Performs At TEDxGreenville
• Priya Ganesan Speaks About Creativity in School

 Q is for Queenly

• Qi Zhang's Electrifying Organ Performance

R is for Rockin'

• Rachel Botsman on Collaborative Consumption
• Rachel Pike On The Science Behind A Climate Headline
• Rachel Simmons on Art that Makes a Difference
• Rachel Sussman Shows Photographs Of The World's Oldest Life Forms
• Rachelle Garniez Plays "La Vie en Rose" With Thomas Dolby
• Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist
• Rainy Laura Blue Cloud - Youth Activism as The Seeds of Change, TEDxGrassValley
• Rebecca Saxe On How We Read Each Other's Minds
• Reinette Senum - Community as a Common Destiny, TEDxGrassValley
• Robin Chase On Zipcar And Her Next Big Idea
• Rokia Traore Sings "Kounandi"
• Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific
• Ruby Jane Smith, 15-year old fiddle phenomenon - TEDxAustin

S is for Sensational

 

• Samantha Power On A Complicated Hero
• Sandra Bichl Speaks At TEDxWarsaw
• Sandra Boynton: Pigs CAN Fly

 

• Sarah Jones As A One-Woman Global Village
• Sarah Kay Gives Breathtaking Performances of "B" and "Hiroshima"
• Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...
• Sharon Butler - Two Coats of Paint: Lessons Learned in the Blogosphere (TEDxOrlando)
• Sheena Iyengar On The Art Of Choosing
• Sheena Matheiken on The Uniform Project
• Sheila Patek Clocks The Fastest animals
• Sheryl Sandberg on Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
• Sheryl WuDunn Speaks On The Global Oppression Of Women
• Shirin Neshat on Being An Artist in Exile
• Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time
• Simone Porter Plays (TEDxRedmond)
• Sirena Huang Dazzles On Violin
• Sophie Hunger Plays Songs From Monday's Ghost & 1983
• Stacey Kramer on How Terrifying News Became a Priceless Gift
• Stefana Broadbent On How The Internet Enables Intimacy
• Sue Gardner on The People's Encyclopedia
• Suheir Hammad Performs Poems of War, Peace, Women & Power
• Sunitha Krishnan's Fight Against Sex Slavery
• Susan Blackmore On Memes And "Temes"
• Susan Lim Asks Could We Be Transplanting Cells, Not Whole Organs?
• Susan Savage-Rumbaugh On Apes
• Susan Shaw On How The Gulf Oil Spill Is Devastating The Deep Sea
• Suzanne and David Armistead, dancer, artist & healer - TEDxAustin
• Suzanne Lee on Growing Your Own Clothes
• Suzie Daggett - I AM, WHO ARE YOU? TEDxGrassValley
• Sylvia Earle's TED Prize Wish To Protect Our Oceans

 

T is for Terrific

• Tala Badri on Happiness in F Major
• Tan Le Demos Interface that Reads its User's Brainwaves
• Taryn Simon Photographs Secret Sites
• Thandie Newton Embracing Otherness, Embracing Myself
• Tierney Thys Swims With The Giant Sunfish
• Training Consultant Sandra Bichl Speaks At TEDxWarsaw

 

V is for Versatile

• Virginia Postrel On Glamour

 

Y is for Youthful

• Yang Jia Talks About Her Blindness At TEDxEDUcn
• Yang Lan: A Generation Remakes China

 

Z is for Zealous

• Zainab Salbi On Women, War & Peace
• Zoe Sprankle on How to Leave a Footprint (TEDxRedmond)

Susan notes: Thanks to TED for making TED Talks downloadable and embeddable, and for providing the biographical information that goes along with them.