Samia Baho
Samia Baho has made an outstanding contribution to addressing the various barriers to ensure appropriate services are available for African women in Victoria, Australia.
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Ida Mae Thompson
Ida Mae Thompson was an important figure in Virginia’s woman suffrage movement. First as a member of the Equal Suffrage League, the organization that led the effort to win women the right to vote, and then as a member of the League of Women Voters, Thompson collected and preserved the movement’s history.
Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith
Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith was a leader in the Virginia woman suffrage movement, cofounding Virginia branches of two national suffrage organizations.
Pat O’Shane
Advocate for the rights of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Gisèle Halimi
Tunisian-born lawyer, feminist activist, and French politician
Mary Owen
In 1975, Mary Owen (1921-2017) and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre.
Flora Díaz Parrado
Cuban lawyer and women’s rights activist
Evelyn Darnovsky Bonder
Tireless advocate of opportunities for women in Ohio
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley (1844-1928) was a founding member and the first president of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis was a leader in the Virginia and national woman suffrage movements.