Norasiah Hasan
Member of the Islamic Women’s Welfare Council of Victoria, founder of the ‘Muslimah Women’s Group’, of the Western Region Muslim Community in Wyndham and a member of the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition.
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Dr Belle WX Lim
Founder of Future Forte, a charity non-profit organisation that showcases excellence from the multicultural community ensuring that diverse voices are heard and valued
Ayse Köksüz
Ayse Köksüz has devoted herself to developing and improving services for her community.
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was the first Aboriginal female movie star, alongside being an advocate for her community.
Carrie Steele Logan
Carrie Steele Logan founded the Carrie Steele Orphan Home in Atlanta, recognized as the oldest predominantly Black orphanage in Georgia and possibly the oldest organization of its type in the country.
Dr Flemmie Pansy Kittrell
Globetrotting African-American nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’
bell hooks
As a leading Black intellectual, hooks pushed the feminist movement beyond the preserve of the white and middle-class, encouraging Black and working class perspectives on gender inequality.
Dr Rosalie Slaughter Morton
In 1909, Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton was the first chair of the Public Health Education Committee of the American Medical Association. She was one of the first women faculty members at the New York Polyclinic Hospital and Post-Graduate Medical School and the first woman faculty member at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr Anne Astin
Australian pioneer for women in biochemistry and advocate for rural women
Ann Klein
Ann Klein (1923-1986) joined the fight for female equality as president of the Morristown League of Women Voters in New Jersey.