Malvina Malinek
Malvina Malinek has advocated for the rights of women, in particular migrant and refugee women, at the local, national and international level in Australia.
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Loisette Marsh
Loisette Marsh was one of Australia’s few echinoderm taxonomists.
Simone de Beauvoir
Perhaps the most renowned French feminist writer of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir made significant contributions to the French feminist and existentialist movements.
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams
American educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist who was instrumental in campaigns to rename various Little Rock streets in honor of Daisy Bates and Mayor Charles Bussey.
Kathy Webb
Kathy Webb—the first openly gay member of the Arkansas General Assembly—has had a long career in private business, philanthropy, and local and state government.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Major Griffin-Gracy, or Miss Major as she was commonly known, was a transgender African American community organizer active in groundbreaking LGBTQ+ movements since the 1960s.
Dr Joan Refshauge
Joan Refshauge was an Australian medical practitioner and leader in the field of public health.
Alice L Preston
Alice Luberter Walker Preston was an African-American schoolteacher who was instrumental in the peaceful integration of Murfreesboro city schools in 1965 and left an enduring legacy in the field of education in Arkansas.
Mabel McConnell
20th century Irish republican, suffragette, and socialist
Máire O’Brien
20th century Irish republican activist, civil servant and translator