Yvonne Swan
When she was found guilty of murdering her attacker and known predator in 1972, she was convicted by an all-white jury and became a symbol of women’s self-defense
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Monica McLemore
Monica McLemore is one of the leading scholars in the field of anti-racist birth equity research, as well as in community-informed methods and policy translation.
Dr Nettie Craig Asberry
African-American suffragist and civil rights activist
Karen Troianello
Lead plaintiff in a lawsuit for equal treatment for women athletes in the US
Catherine Montgomery
Canadian-American suffragist, philanthropist, founding faculty member, environmentalist, leader of the women’s club movement in the 1890’s and a 1920 Democratic candidate for state superintendent.
Emily Nokes
Emily Nokes is a musical artist, writer, feminist and advocate for abortion rights.
Harriet Redmond
One of the first African American women to make her mark in the suffragist movement
Clara Fraser
Clara Fraser was incredibly passionate about workers and women’s rights as well as fighting against the segregation that was present in Seattle in the mid-1900s.
Deborah Parker
From Washington to D.C., Tulalip Tribe Vice-Chairwomxn Deborah Parker is a pillar of Indigenous leadership and activism about violence against Indigenous women.
Abigail May Alcott
American suffragist, abolitionist and one of the first paid social workers in the state of Massachusetts