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Louise Campbell

English princess, sculptor, personal secretary to Queen Victoria, viceregal consort, and painter

Katherine Ross Queen

Scottish-Canadian socialist and feminist

In 1885, Marian Farquharson was elected as the first female fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society—but as a woman she was still prohibited from actually attending any meetings or voting on society matters.

Emilie Kempin-Spyri

Emilie Kempin-Spyri became Switzerland’s first female law school graduate in 1887, but women were not allowed to practise law at the time because they lacked full citizenship.

Shannon Faulkner

Shannon Faulkner was seventeen when she applied to the American military college known as The Citadel. Knowing they only accepted males, she did not include her gender on her application and marked it out on her transcripts. Although she was accepted, the school reversed that decision upon finding out she was female. She sued for violation of her civil rights, as The Citadel was a public school that received state funding.

Dr Manjula O’Connor

Award-winning Indian-Australian psychiatrist, clinician, and researcher.

Maud Malone

Irish-American suffragist

Sylvie Shaw

In 1975, Mary Owen and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre in Melbourne

Malvina Malinek

Malvina Malinek has advocated for the rights of women, in particular migrant and refugee women, at the local, national and international level in Australia.

Kathy Webb

Kathy Webb—the first openly gay member of the Arkansas General Assembly—has had a long career in private business, philanthropy, and local and state government.