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.
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Betty de Courcy Ireland
Irish socialist and anti-war activist
Annie Isabel Fraer
New Zealand community leader
Helen Steven
Helen had a burning passion for peace that led her to the gates of nuclear bases and into prison, to the offices of NATO commanders and round tables with army generals, into the white heat of the Vietnam War and the freezing chill of vigils, demonstrations and marches.
Mary Barbour
Social reformer, WW1 Rent Strike leader, founding member of the Women’s Peace Crusade in Scotland and a pioneering woman councillor in 1920s Glasgow.
Hazel Rennie
Peace and human rights activist
Saidie Patterson
Irish trade unionist and peace activist
Dagmar Wilson
American anti-nuclear testing activist, artist, and illustrator of children’s books
Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan used her oil paintings to engage with the political, social and moral issues of 19th century England including prison reform and suffrage.
Nora Stanton Barney
American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist