Enolia McMillan
Influential African American educator and civil rights activist. She became the first female president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1984, serving until 1990.
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Caroline LeCount
Prominent African American educator and civil rights activist during the 19th century.
Ella Baker
Leading African-American civil rights and human rights activist throughout much of the twentieth century.
Bea Arthur
While Bea Arthur is widely recognized for her iconic roles in “Maude” and “The Golden Girls,” her life and career were rich with fascinating, lesser-known aspects.
Dr Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
African American educator, writer, and scholar, remembered for her advocacy for African American women’s education and civil rights.
Mabel Hampton
American lesbian activist and dancer during the Harlem Renaissance who played a vital role in Black and LGBTQ+ organizations, most notably the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Caroline Still Anderson
Pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of the first Black women to become a physician in the United States.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
American activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. She played a crucial role in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches and later became a vice president at the Schiller Institute.
Martha Gruening
Jewish activist and journalist
Sophia De Bruyn
One of four South African women who mobilised support and organised the huge protest that was to take place on August the 9th 1956 at the Union Buildings, the seat of the apartheid government.