In 1944 U.S. Congresswoman Emily Taft Douglas, a proponent of overseas humanitarian projects and a postwar United Nations Organization, defeated one of the most strident isolationists in the House of Representatives, heralding, as some observers believed, the triumph of American internationalism.
South African anti-apartheid political activist and founding member of the Black Sash
South African political, anti-apartheid and human rights activist
South African anti-apartheid, women’s rights and queer rights activist
South African anti-apartheid, labor rights and women’s rights activist
South African suffragist
Canadian-South African education activist
South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
South African anti-apartheid, women’s rights and queer rights activist
South African politician and anti-apartheid activist