Nkenge Touré
Nkenge Touré is an activist whose expansive collection of speeches and written works confront issues around reproductive justice, Black feminism, and women’s rights.
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Mary Treadwell
Mary Treadwell was a notable DC-based activist and community organizer. Treadwell is most noted for co-creating Youth Pride, Inc., a job-training program that assisted inner-city youth. She also advocated for the decriminalization of abortion, particularly as part of her work advocating for bodily autonomy as a form of Black liberation.
Katherine Gatty
Irish suffragette and socialist
Nora Stanton Barney
American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist
Ding Ling
Prominent Chinese writer and intellectual of the 1900s.
Clara Byrd Baker
American educator and community leader
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone
Pioneering American feminist, educator, and social reformerof the 1800s
Rajani Thiranagama
Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist, feminist, and academic, best known for her work in exposing human rights abuses during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Nellie McClung
Social activist, politician, author, and one of the most important figures in the Canadian suffragist movement.
Blanche Armwood
African-American educator, lawyer, and civil rights activist