Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-war activist
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Salima Hashmi
Renowned Pakistani artist, cultural writer, painter, and an influential art educator.
Dr Kate Millett
American feminist writer, activist, and educator
Dr Helen Caldicott
Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has dedicated much of her life to campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons and promoting environmental responsibility.
Mabel Vernon
American suffragist and pacifist who emerged as a prominent leader in the United States suffrage movement
Marya Chéliga-Loevy
Polish-French writer, playwright, feminist and pacifist.
Jeannette Rankin
In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.
Amparo Poch y Gascón
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a significant Spanish figure in the fields of anarchism, pacifism, medicine, and activism during the Spanish Civil War.
Etain Madden
Etain Madden (1939–82) studied philosophy at King’s College, London, and was active in a number of political and feminist causes.
Ruth Perry
Liberian politician Ruth Sando Perry was the first woman to be head of state in a modern African country, as chair of Liberia’s third transitional government in the 1990s.