Gloria Allred
American lawyer and activist
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Anasuya Sarabhai
Indian activist for the rights of textile workers
Anita Hill
By telling her own story of repeated harassment from a man in power, Anita Hill amplified the voices of millions of other women and men struggling with workplace harassment.
Pregs Govender
Having overcome the oppressive political and social climate that once undermined her as an Indian woman living in apartheid South Africa, Govender continues to fight against racism, gender inequality and classism.
Rita Ndzanga
South African anti-apartheid, labor rights and women’s rights activist
Shirley Gunn
South African anti-apartheid activist
Rebecca Lan
South African social researcher and activist
Sarah Carneson
South African anti-apartheid and labor rights activist and journalist
Christina Jasson
South African trade unionist Christina “Chrissie” Jasson was part of the Port Elizabeth trade union movements. She led several strikes and organized workers from the textiles and food and canning industries, and served as acting secretary of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from 1954 to 1955.
Carolina Muzzilli
Despite dying from tuberculosis when she was just 27, Argentine industrial researcher and social/political activist Carolina Muzzilli improved conditions in work sites in her short life.