Sarah Dionna
US Marine Corps Veteran Sarah Dionna, who served as an ammunition technician and now speaks on the medical condition POTS.
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Carmem Domingues
Brazilian-American data scientist
Dr Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
The first woman to serve in a leadership position on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel is a preservationist and advocate for the arts, and the author of twenty books, media programs, and numerous articles on the arts, architecture, design, and public policy.
Mary MacSwiney
Irish republican
Maria Starcevic
Aunty Maria survived a tough upbringing to become a keen advocate for Aboriginal communities and their rights over 30 years.
Sarah Hyams
The Hyams sisters supported a settlement house and social service activities in East Boston for many years. In 1937, they established the Fresh Air Camps for local children suffering with tuberculosis.
Dr Simi Linton
American writer, filmmaker, and expert on disability and the arts
Katori Hall
American playwright
Dr Rebekah Taussig
American writer, teacher and disability advocate
Mary Burns
1800s Irish mill hand and social radical