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Dr Tania Favela

Mexican poet, essayist, translator, editor, and teacher

Claire Madden

20th century Irish feminist and political activist

Novella d’Andrea

1300s Italian legal scholar and professor in law at the University of Bologna.

Dr Almah J Frisby

Early 1900s American physician

Amelia Stone Quinton

1800s advocate for Native American education

Bettina d’Andrea

1300s Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the University of Padua

Emma Yule, the first teacher and first school principal in the emerging city of Everett, Washington, pursued a long career in which she held leadership positions often reserved for men, influenced and mentored many children and young adults, and traveled solo around the world. Yule was the author of numerous books and articles, and she wrote about the conditions of women she encountered on her travels.

Ora Maxwell

Ora L. Maxwell was a Spokane librarian who in 1915 founded the Spokane Walking Club, which would eventually evolve into the Spokane Mountaineers, one of the most important outdoors and environmental organizations in Eastern Washington.

Ida Culver

Ida Culver was a Seattle Public Schools elementary teacher, a founding member of the Seattle Education Auxiliary and first president of the Seattle Teachers Finance Association. She was a shrewd investor who left a legacy of retirement homes for educators and their families.