Dr. Grace James was one of the first two African American women on the faculty at a southern medical school and the first African American on the staff of the Louisville Children’s Hospital and on the faculty at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Assistant surgeon general and rear admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.
Working for African Americans’ civil and political rights, Arianna C. Sparrow joined Black women’s organizations to protest racial discrimination and support women’s suffrage.
In 1972, Renetta Predmore-Lynch learned she had been denied a promotion because of her gender and registered a complaint with NSA’s Equal Employment Opportunity office. It was determined that the promotion process violated its own evaluation rules, and excluded women from the promotion boards.
Canadian artist, teacher, Salvation Army officer, and newspaper edito
Canadian educator, social reformer, and office holder
Native American activist, economist, and author who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices.
Sister Marjorie Tuite, O.P. was a Catholic feminist nun who fought for gender equality, especially within the Catholic Church. Tuite was a longtime activist in the broader struggle for civil rights. She was fiercely committed to her church and worked for several decades to make it more inclusive.