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Elisabeth Freeman

British-American women’s rights, civil rights and labor rights activist

Martha Coffin Pelham Wright

One of five women who planned the women’s right convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848, she presided over numerous women’s rights and anti-slavery conventions.

Mary Ruthsdotter

American women’s rights activist

An early feminist and active member of the Women’s Suffrage Party, Leta Stetter Hollingworth is best known for her landmark contributions to the psychology of women and to education of the gifted, the latter culminating in two books, Gifted Children (1926) and Children Above IQ 180 (1942).

Anna Teresa Brennan

Australian Catholic lay leader, social reformer, solicitor and women’s rights activist

Jennifer Schreiner

South African anti-apartheid and political activist

Jeannette Ndhlovu

South African activist; in September 2000 she was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She also served on the Bureau of the World Summit for Sustainable Development as an ex-officio member.

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

South African YWCA national secretary who travelled abroad extensively, addressing international YWCA conferences in Africa, Europe and the United States, where she spoke about the ravages of apartheid.

Mabel Palmer

British feminist and educationist active in South Africa

Lillian Diedericks

South African anti-apartheid activist