The Spirit of Buffalo Women is a history of prominent women from Buffalo and Western New York who contributed to the development of WNY as social benefactors, community leaders, politicians, educators, entertainers, authors, journalists, artists, philanthropists, business owners and management executives. These individuals changed the Spirit of WNY and made it a diversified community where individuals of all races, nationalities, social classes and sexual orientation could work together to make the Buffalo area one of the best places to live in the country.