Hannah O’Day
Early 1900s Irish-American labor leader
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Graceanna Lewis
American ornithologist, illustrator, and activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements.
Zara A Wilson
American reformer and lawyer
Veena Sahajwalla
Veena Sahajwalla is renowned for her research into the properties of carbon-bearing materials.
Emma Smith DeVoe
Emma Smith DeVoe was a major figure in the American woman suffrage movement and a Republican Party activist.
Albinia Brodrick
Irish republican and nurse
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
Gloria Ray Karlmark
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