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Mary Gilmore

In 1928, poet Dame Mary Gilmore founded the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Mary Owen

In 1975, Mary Owen (1921-2017) and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre.

Louise Dupin

1700s French philosopher

Writer, historian, and lecturer, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is a pioneer in the field of women’s studies, having shaped Emory University’s Institution of Women’s Studies as its first director from 1986 to 1991.

Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis

Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis was a leader in the Virginia and national woman suffrage movements.

Flora Díaz Parrado

Cuban lawyer and women’s rights activist

Bessie Yarram

Aboriginal Australian community activist

Pat Johnson

Pat Finley Johnson is a pillar to the community of Pocahontas, Arkansas, where she supports community fellowship, traditional knowledge, and Black culture and heritage.

Nina Allender

Nina Allender was a feminist, a suffragist, and an artist with a shrewd sense of humor and an innovative perspective on women. Her drawings changed the course of one of the most important civil rights movements in the history of the United States.

Evelyn Darnovsky Bonder

Tireless advocate of opportunities for women in Ohio