Alice Litster
Irish suffragist and adoption activist
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Cordelia O’Neill
Cleveland, Ohio elementary school principal
Julia Harrington Duff
Her election to the Boston School Committee in 1900 marked a significant milestone for the Irish Catholic community, breaking barriers in a time when women faced significant restrictions in politics. While serving on the committee, Duff promoted educational opportunities for women and supported the establishment of kindergartens and schools for girls.
Sara Varley McCarthy
Ohio reporter and social welfare volunteer who helped organize the Cleveland Diocesan Council of the National Councl of Catholic Women in 1923, received a papal medal for distinguished service by a layperson to the Catholic Church in 1936.
Liz Abrahams
South African civil and labor rights activist
Noreen Dennehy
Irish Franciscan nun who helped Jews escape from Italy during World War II
Allie Carroll Hart
American archivist who initiated the Vanishing Georgia Project in 1975 to preserve and copy photographs in communities throughout the state.
Amie G Steere Inman
Cleveland, Ohio art teacher
Betty Molteno
South African suffragist and civil rights activist
Ellen Lambert
South African anti-apartheid activist