--- description: Christine Blasey Ford is one of the most influential people of 2019. She gave a voice to survivors of sexual violence, Kamala Harris says. title: Christine Blasey Ford Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458cb6369217dee0/6989482d457a52372cd60d9d/christine-blasey-ford-time-100-2019-060-1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 17, 2019 # Christine Blasey Ford by Kamala Harris  Danielle Levitt for TIME Her story, spoken while holding back tears, shook Washington and the country. Her courage, in the face of those who wished to silence her, galvanized Americans. And her unfathomable sacrifice, out of a sense of civic duty, shined a spotlight on the way we treat survivors of sexual violence. Christine Blasey Ford’s ambition wasn’t to become a household name or make it onto this list. She had a good life and a successful career—and risked everything to send a warning in a moment of grave consequence. At her core, she is a teacher. And through her courage, she forced the country to reckon with an issue that has too often been ignored and kept in the dark. _Harris, a Senator from California, is a Democratic presidential candidate_ Christine Blasey Ford Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567675/christine-blasey-ford/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567675/christine-blasey-ford/"},"headline":"Christine Blasey Ford","datePublished":"2019-04-17T00:05:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:30:44.652Z","description":"Christine Blasey Ford is one of the most influential people of 2019. She gave a voice to survivors of sexual violence, Kamala Harris says.","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567675/christine-blasey-ford/","keywords":["T100 2019 Icons","2019 TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458cb6369217dee0/6989482d457a52372cd60d9d/christine-blasey-ford-time-100-2019-060-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458cb6369217dee0/6989482d457a52372cd60d9d/christine-blasey-ford-time-100-2019-060-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567675/christine-blasey-ford/","name":"Christine Blasey Ford"}}]}] ```