Lillian Diedericks
South African anti-apartheid activist
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Clara González
Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
Josie Palmer
South African labor rights, anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
The first president of the African National Congress Women’s League in South Africa and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations
Maggie Resha
South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
Hilda Bernstein
British-South African author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women’s rights
Margaret Chuene Mncadi
South African doctor and activist
Linda Komape
Komape fought for the rights of workers through trade unions, and for the rights of women in South Africa.
Madi Gray
South African anti-apartheid activist
Mary Thipe
She was in charge of recruiting young people into the African National Congress to ensure that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters.