Zhang Haidi
Chinese disability rights activist
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Yeonmi Park
Yeonmi Park escaped North Korea when she was just 13 and is well-known for her activism in speaking out against the North Korean government and defending North Korean citizens’ rights. Through her interviews, writings and speeches, Yeonmi has and continues to share her extraordinary story.
Yumi Ishikawa
Japanese feminist known for the #KuToo movement, standing up against the high heel policy in Japan and discriminatory practices in the workplace and the rest of the corporate world.
Voltairine de Cleyre
1800s American anarcho-feminist
Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King carried on her family’s legacy by advancing the Kingian philosophy of nonviolent social change, as a minister, author, and CEO of the King Center.
Dr Rukmini Devi Arundale
Indian dancer, activist and politician
Reshma Saujani
With the help of Saujani’s program, Girls Who Code, the amount of girls in the technology field has drastically increased.
Leila Ahmed
Egyptian scholar, writer and women’s rights activist
Naaz Joshi
Naaz Joshi is India’s first transgender model and an international beauty queen, as well as a transgender rights activist
Savitribai Phule
Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely considered the first female teacher of modern India.