Activism Archives - Page 9 of 317

Aurora Lucero-White Lea

Latina U.S. suffragist and folklorist

Lenora Fulani

In 1988 Fulani became the first woman and first African American to appear on the ballot in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. She won 225,000 votes, or 0.2% of the November 1988 total.

Gwendolyn Mink is an historical political scientist who has written about racism & nativism in US labor’s political formations at the turn of the 20th century; women & gender in 20th century US social policy history; and gender, race, and low income motherhood in the contemporary politics of poverty policy.

Mary Macnab

Canadian teacher, social activist, and author

Marjorie Coppel

Australian actress, writer, editor, activist and public speaker

Mary Kate Barlow

Irish-Australian Catholic activist

Elise Blankenbach

In 1872 the widowed Elise von Koerber, a resourceful woman with children to support, found employment as an immigration agent with the Canadian government.

Maria Webb

1800s Irish philanthropist and author

Ellen Woodlock

1800s Irish philanthropist and social worker

Emma Duffin

20th century Irish nurse, diarist and welfare worker