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Florence Spearing Randolph

Florence Spearing Randolph (1866-1951) was a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Anna Whitehead Bodeker was a suffrage activist who worked to build an intellectual culture of gender equality in Richmond, Virginia through her writing and sponsorship of public talks by suffragist speakers.

Betty Gram Swing

Betty Gram Swing worked full time for the National Woman’s Party (NWP) from 1917-1920. A national organizer, she traveled across the United States to build grassroots support for the suffrage amendment.

Cordelia Greene Johnson

Cordelia Greene Johnson (1887-1957) founded the Modern Beautician Association and served as its president until her death.

Henrietta Dugdale

Henrietta Dugdale fought for women’s emancipation in 1800s Australia.

Ida Cohen Rosenthal

Co-founder and president of the brassiere company Maidenform, Inc.

Monique Wittig

An influential lesbian feminist and avant-garde writer, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) challenged the heteronormativity of early Second Wave French feminists and was an active novelist, philosopher, and activist.

Helen Kirkpatrick Watts

Deaf British suffragist

Kate Harvey

Deaf British suffragist

A Elizabeth Newell

1880s Boston activist