Teresa Villarreal
Teresa Villarreal González was a feminist, labor organizer, and political activist who supported the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) and the Mexican Revolution (1910–17).
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Thung Sin Nio
Betsy Thung Sin Nio was an Indonesian-Dutch women’s rights activist, medical doctor, economist and politician.
Selina Seixas Solomons
Selina Seixas Solomons dedicated her life to women’s suffrage and was a key player in California granting women the right to vote in 1911.
Teréz Karacs
Teréz Karacs was a Hungarian writer, educator, memoirist and women’s rights activist.
Kartini
Kartini was an Indonesian national hero, a pioneer in the area of education for girls and women’s rights for Indonesians.
Lakshmi Puri
Lakshmi Puri is a former Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations and the former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.
Urani Rumbo
Urani Rumbo was an Albanian feminist, playwright and teacher who founded several associations promoting Albanian women’s rights.
Kimura Komako
Komako Kimura was a Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theater manager, and magazine editor before World War II.
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Minnie Fisher Cunningham was an American suffrage activist, who was the first executive secretary of the League of Women Voters.
Abigail Bush
Abigail Norton Bush was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist who served as president of the Rochester Women’s Rights Convention, held in 1848 immediately after the Seneca Falls Convention.