Lucy Goode Brooks
African American woman born into slavery who became the visionary founder of the Friends’ Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia.
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Mary Russell
British aviator and ornithologist who gained renown not just for her aristocratic status but also for her adventurous spirit and contributions to early aviation.
Josephine Beall Willson Bruce
Educator and activist who worked closely with Booker T. Washington, and the first African-American on the faculty of a Cleveland public school.
Josephine Roche
American humanitarian, labor activist, and businesswoman.
Julia Archibald Holmes
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.
Karin Boye
Famed Swedish poet, novelist and short story writer
Dr Kate Millett
American feminist writer, activist, and educator
Lauretta Ngcobo
South African writer, educator, and political activist
Juanita Abernathy
American civil rights activist and educator
Henrietta Duterte
African-American abolitionist and undertaker in Philadelphia.