Zuleikha Mayat
South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
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Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown
Australian doctor; director of the Victorian Health Department’s section of infant welfare 1926-1946. She wrote books on the care of infants and young children and her 1937 report for the National Health and Medical Research Council prompted government funding of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres.
Roma Mitchell
Australian lawyer and judge
Mary Verdi-Fletcher
Dancer Mary Verdi-Fletcher founded Cleveland-based Dancing Wheels in 1980 as the US’s first professional dance company to include dancers with and without disabilities.
Samia Baho
Samia Baho has made an outstanding contribution to addressing the various barriers to ensure appropriate services are available for African women in Victoria, Australia.
Ida Mae Thompson
Ida Mae Thompson was an important figure in Virginia’s woman suffrage movement. First as a member of the Equal Suffrage League, the organization that led the effort to win women the right to vote, and then as a member of the League of Women Voters, Thompson collected and preserved the movement’s history.
Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith
Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith was a leader in the Virginia woman suffrage movement, cofounding Virginia branches of two national suffrage organizations.
Pat O’Shane
Advocate for the rights of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Gisèle Halimi
Tunisian-born lawyer, feminist activist, and French politician
Dr Misty Jenkins
Dr Jenkins is a woman of Gunditjama descent and an advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education.