Ella M S Marble
American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.
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Emilia Dilke
British author, art historian, feminist, and trade unionist.
Fukuda Hideko
Prominent Japanese feminist activist devoted to socialist and feminist causes.
Hilde Radusch
German political activist engaged in anti-fascist resistance.
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Trailblazing U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and visionary. Her groundbreaking contributions paved the way for the development of the first birth control pill.
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor, and advocate for women’s rights; the first scientist to propose the idea of the greenhouse effect.
Jeanette Berglind
Swedish founder of Tysta Skolan, a school for deaf/mute children
Mary Ann Lake Wallis
New Zealand orphanage matron
Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe Te Tau
Ngāi Tahu leader, welfare worker, community leader
Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu
Tūhourangi and Ngāti Awa woman of mana