Caroline Orr
Caroline “Orrie” Orr (1910-1982) and Grace Flynn (1918-2012), leaders at Trinity Neighborhood House, inspired East Boston youth through nature, arts, and community service.
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Edna Doriot
Leader of Boston’s French Library and Cultural Center
Irene Langhorne Gibson
Irene Langhorne Gibson chaired the Child Planning and Adoption Committee of New York’s State Charities Association for twenty-five years. She founded the New York branch of the Southern Women’s Educational Alliance, was a member of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and helped found and was a director of the Protestant Big Sisters, on whose board she served for many years.
Gulghotai Bezhan
Gulghotai (Gula) Bezhan OAM has been working to empower Victoria, Australia’s Afghan community and more specifically Afghan women and children for more than 20 years through her work in community services and international aid.
Dr Harriot Kezia Hunt
As a physician, she focused on women’s health issues, gaining admiration from her patients. As a women’s rights activist, Hunt challenged the boundaries that restricted women in education and in society.
Lexi Haas
Lexi Haas is a disability advocate and daughter of Susan Haas. Together, they form a writing team focusing on disability education and advocacy.
Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi
Venezuelan independence patriot
Addie Dickman Miller
American college professor, a founder of the town of Ruskin in Florida and co-founder and vice-president of Ruskin College
Dr Agnes Nininger Kemp
1800s American physician
Alice Hobbins Porter
British-American journalist