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Carlotta Walls LaNier

One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools and author of A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later founded and served as the Editor-in-Chief for Computers in Industry, an international journal of computer science and engineering.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later served in Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workforce Diversity in the Department of the Interior.

Thelma Mothershed-Wair

One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, Wair later worked in the East St. Louis school system for 28 years

Valerie Goulding

Irish philanthropist and senator

Fay Carter

Aunty Fay Carter worked for more than 30 years to support and improve living conditions for Aboriginal Australians.

Fay Patricia Richards

Fay Richards has made it her mission to affect long term and positive change in the lives of people with a disability in Victoria.

Christine de Pizan

1300s and 1400s Italian-born French writer, philosopher, composer and feminist

Barbara Moriarty

Biddy Moriarty undertook Australian Red Cross work with repatriated prisoners of war during the final years of the war, which included being a member of the Red Cross contingent assisting the 2nd POW Reception Group in Singapore.