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.
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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
Kathleen McKenna
20th century Irish republican and administrator
Máire Drumm
20th century Irish republican
Lucinda Sullivan
1800s Irish philanthropist, writer and promoter of children’s welfare
Hilda Martindale
Irish social reform activist
Lucy Faulkner
Lady Faulkner of Downpatrick, political private secretary and public figure