Cuc Lam
Arriving as a refugee from Vietnam in 1978, Cuc Lam has worked tirelessly to help other migrants, and particularly women, adapt to life in Australia.
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Dagmar Jenkins
Jenkins has helped to provide people with cognitive and speech-related disabilities access to tailored sexual assault response services.
Nancy Power
Irish Celticist, member of Cumann na nBan, and civil servant
Anna Parnell
Irish nationalist and land activist
Margaret Murray Washington
Margaret Murray Washington rose from humble beginnings to prominence as an educator, reformer, and clubwoman.
Dr Souheir Edelbi
Seeds of commitment to Palestinian liberation began to sow in Souheir Edelbi at a young age as she learned about the Nakba and oppression faced by Palestinians from her father.
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Mexican-American labor rights activist
Dr Lisa I Iezzoni
In 1998, Dr. Lisa Iezzoni was the first woman to be appointed professor in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA.
Lilian Snooks
Lillian Bernice Snooks was at the forefront of the late-twentieth century campaign to preserve Atsugewi culture and traditions.
Kitty Payne
Catherine “Kitty” Payne was an enslaved woman in the U.S. in the 1800s