Pamela Griffin
Aboriginal Australian community worker whose career spans welfare work, education, public service and voluntary service of her local community.
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Walda Blow
Walda Blow is a prominent and respected Elder of the Yorta Yorta people and has led community development work with, and for, the Victorian Aboriginal community.
Wilma Xiberras
A Wurundjeri Elder, Aunty Wilma Xiberras dedicated her life to other women, in particular Aboriginal Australian women making waves against injustice.
Dr Jennifer Gardner
Jennifer Gardner was Curator of the Waite Arboretum at the University of Adelaide from 1986 to 2017. During this time she increased its collection of trees to over 2,200 species, improved public access, and established the Friends of the Waite Arboretum in 1994.
Mary Agnes O’Connor
1800s Irish Sister of Mercy, foundress, and social worker in the United States
Edna St Vincent Millay
Pulitizer-winning American poet, playwright and feminist
Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh
1900s Irish actress and republican
Amalia Ortiz
Award-winning Tejana performance poet, performer, and playwright
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
In 1883, Harriet Williams Russell Strong—a graduate of Miss Mary Atkin’s Young Ladies Seminary, mother of four, and recent widow—became the sole owner of a California ranch on the brink of financial ruin. Her will to learn saved her ranch and led to several patents. Later, her advocacy to Congress would forever change how water is managed in the western United States.
Stacey Thompson
US Marine Corps veteran who received an “Other Than Honorable” discharge after reporting a sexual assault by a senior officer. After years of litigation, she received a discharge upgrade from Department of Defense.