Anissa Rawda Najjar was a Lebanese feminist and women’s rights activist, who co-founded the Village Welfare Society (Jam`iyat In`ash Al-Qarya) with Evelyne Bustros in 1953, to advance literacy and economic opportunities for rural women in Lebanon.
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Norwegian feminist writer and artist
Andrea Villarreal was a teacher, poet, feminist, labor organizer, and revolutionary.
Urani Rumbo was an Albanian feminist, playwright and teacher who founded several associations promoting Albanian women’s rights.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.