Alva Myrdal
Swedish diplomat, government minister, and author Alva Myrdal received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work advocating for nuclear disarmament.
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Maggie Kuhn
Founder of The Gray Panthers
Mary A Nolan
American suffragist
Dr Mona Chalmers Watson
In July 1917, Mona Chalmers Watson was named the first Chief Controller of Britain’s Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) when it was formed. The thousands of WAACs worked as cooks and waitresses, clerks, communications operators, drivers, and more. She was already noteworthy as a suffragist, physician, and the first woman to receive her MD from the University of Edinburgh.
Rita Cetina y Gutierrez
Mexican educator, writer and feminist Rita Cetina y Gutierrez advocated for women’s education in Mérida, Yucatán.
Emily Newell Blair
American suffragist and co-founder of the League of Women Voters.
Sonia Johnson
Sonia Johnson was a fifth-generation Mormon who became active in the campaign to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1977, Johnson co-founded Mormons for ERA. Her activism led to her excommunication from the LDS Church and influenced her decision to run for President.
Lois Jenson
Plaintiff in the U.S.’s first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit
Lucretia del Valle Grady
Mexican-American suffragist and actor
Aurora Lucero-White Lea
Latina U.S. suffragist and folklorist