Robertine Barry
Canadian journalist, writer, lecturer, feminist, and office holder
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He-Yin Zhen
Chinese feminist and anarchist
Simone Veil
French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician who championed women’s rights and is remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, the Veil Act (Loi Veil).
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Vociferous in the fight for equality, she remains a feminist role model and inspiration through the ages, planting the seeds for an end to traditionalism and the birth of female liberation in India and Bangladesh.
Anna Pavlovna Filosofova
Filosofova’s dedicated work not only helped provide proper homes to Russian women and children but also helped them feel secure in their own earnings, which relieved them of the controlling male figures in their lives. With this newfound independence, she guided the women toward higher education and health care, allowing them to obtain decent jobs and live stable lifestyles.
Pamela O’Malley
Irish-Spanish bohemian, radical and educationalist
Ellen Lambert
South African anti-apartheid activist
AnnMarie Wolpe
South African feminist, sociologist and anti-apartheid activist
Ashlatha Rambally
Indian-South African feminist and anti-apartheid activist
Claire Madden
20th century Irish feminist and political activist