Alice Hobbins Porter
British-American journalist
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Maggie Condon
Irish-American labor leader
Hannah O’Day
Early 1900s Irish-American labor leader
Celeste Liddle
Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman, freelance writer, social commentator and public speaker.
Karen Silkwood
Silkwood was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee’s plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers’ Union. She was also an activist who was critical of plant safety and her suspicious death remains unsolved.
Madeleine ffrench-Mullen
Irish nationalist and social advocate
Mary Gilmore
In 1928, poet Dame Mary Gilmore founded the Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Mary Owen
In 1975, Mary Owen (1921-2017) and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre.
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley (1844-1928) was a founding member and the first president of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Jennie Collins
In 1870, Jennie Collins founded Boffin’s Bower in Boston to provide working women with a place to read and socialize, as well as food, clothing, job placement, and other aid.