Myrtle Johnson Bell
Ohio teacher, administrator and community activist, and the first African-American assistant high school principal in the Cleveland Public Schools
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Ione Kenny Biggs
American advocate for peace and human rights
Stella Godfrey White Bigham
African-American community activist, columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the first woman to serve on the board of the Cleveland Transit System
Mary Ellen Czelusniak
Deaf woman who ministered to the Catholic hearing impaired community of Cleveland.
Margaret Lechowick
American basketball champion, child welfare advocate and lawyer
Penni Ashe Matz
Penni Ashe Matz andGwendolyn Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.
Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman from San Francisco, to begin the “Remembering Our Dead” website memorial in order to commemorate the lives of transgender people who have been killed. With the help of fellow activist Penni Ashe Matz, Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.
Mary Hata Sadataki
A teacher at a Japanese-American WWII relocation camp, a founding member in 1965 of the Cleveland Japanese-American Foundation, and helped develop the Cleveland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Katherine Mural
Ukrainian immigrant-rights activist, serving as secretary for 20 years of Cleveland Branch 358 of The Ukrainian National Association, a fraternal insurance organization, and president of Cleveland Branch 30 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America.
Louise Johnson Pridgeon
The first practicing African American woman lawyer in Cleveland, and was also active in welfare work and politics.