Feziwe Bookholane
South African nurse and activist
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Mercy Simms
Irish religious and social crusader
Muriel MacSwiney
Irish republican
Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Irish academic and activist
Julia Walworth Long
Ohio temperance activist who helped organize two Presbyterian churches in Cleveland and devoted much time to social service
Harriet Taylor Upton
American suffragist
Nellie Peters Black
Georgia (U.S.) clubwoman
Phoebe Judson
Phoebe Judson was the first non-Indian woman to settle in the Lynden, Washington area (in northern Whatcom County) and became known as the “Mother of Lynden” during the half century that she lived there.
Lottie Osika
Cleveland, Ohio officer for The Union of Poles in America and secretary of Branch # 71 who, during her 50 year association, increased membership and helped the organization prosper.
Margaret Crile Garretson Devine
Cleveland, Ohio civic leader