Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith
Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith was a leader in the Virginia woman suffrage movement, cofounding Virginia branches of two national suffrage organizations.
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Pat O’Shane
Advocate for the rights of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Gisèle Halimi
Tunisian-born lawyer, feminist activist, and French politician
Dr Misty Jenkins
Dr Jenkins is a woman of Gunditjama descent and an advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education.
Muriel Bamblett
Yorta Yorta woman who has worked tirelessly to advocate for and improve the lives of Aboriginal children and their families. She was appointed CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency in 1999.
Shelly C Lowe
Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes
Chief Executive & Equity Officer, Ashé Cultural Arts Center (US)
Nikki Giovanni
Author of more than a dozen poetry collections, including “Black Feeling, Black Talk,” “Blues: For All the Changes” and “Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose”
Nuala O’Faolain
Irish journalist, writer and feminist
Dr MaryAnn Bin-Sallik
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik was a proud Djaru Elder and the first Indigenous Australian woman to receive a doctorate, in 1989