Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis was a leader in the Virginia and national woman suffrage movements.
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Flora Díaz Parrado
Cuban lawyer and women’s rights activist
Bessie Yarram
Aboriginal Australian community activist
Pat Johnson
Pat Finley Johnson is a pillar to the community of Pocahontas, Arkansas, where she supports community fellowship, traditional knowledge, and Black culture and heritage.
Nina Allender
Nina Allender was a feminist, a suffragist, and an artist with a shrewd sense of humor and an innovative perspective on women. Her drawings changed the course of one of the most important civil rights movements in the history of the United States.
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.
Ada Thomas
Chitimacha basketmaker
Jennie Collins
In 1870, Jennie Collins founded Boffin’s Bower in Boston to provide working women with a place to read and socialize, as well as food, clothing, job placement, and other aid.
Iris Calderhead
American suffragist