Lee Minto
Lee Minto (b. 1927), executive director of Planned Parenthood of Seattle-King County from 1967 until her retirement in 1993, played a key role in the campaign for Referendum 20, which legalized abortion in Washington state in 1970.
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Dr Rita Stang
Rita Stang was medical officer of schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department from 1925, and supervisor of infant health in Western Australia from 1929, until her retirement in 1955. She worked to improve hygiene and children’s diets and put many measures into place to assist families in isolated areas with mothercraft.
Laura Bell
Gunditjmara elder Aunty Laura Bell has been a leader in Aboriginal education in Victoria, Australia.
Cesca Chenevix Trench
20th cetury Irish artist and cultural-political activist
Lalisha Thapa
Vice President of the Nepalese Association of Victoria
Charlotte Grace O’Brien
Irish social reformer and writer
Esther Pariseau
Known as “the Builder,” Mother Joseph designed and/or supervised construction of 29 schools and hospitals, one of which was Seattle’s first hospital. She is recognized as one of the first architects in Washington Territory.
Dee Arntz
Dee Arntz is one of Washington state’s foremost wetlands advocates.
Anna Helfgott
Anna Helfgott was a vigorous activist for progressive causes and a leader in Seattle’s Gray Panthers. In her working years she was a dressmaker and fitter, and was an early member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU).
Dr Doris Lyne Officer
Doris Officer was Clinical Assistant in Children’s Outpatients, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1930-1947 and Medical Officer, Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1941.