Activism Archives - Page 16 of 317

1800s Canadian union leader

A pioneer of women’s rights, Idola Saint-Jean founded in 1927 the Canadian Alliance for the Women’s Vote in Quebec.

20th century Irish republican

1700s countess of Moira , literary patroness, and antiquarian

Irish Loreto sister and pioneer of women’s higher education

Irish social worker and local politician

Mexican activist imprisoned several times for her work defending the rights of workers and the marginalized.

Mexican novelist, essayist, journalist and diplomat

1920s British car racer and mechanic

One of the seven founders of the Women’s Engineering Society in the UK