Frances Prindle Taft
Influential arts educator and Cleveland civic leader
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Elvira Fölzer
The first female archaeologist in Germany awarded a PhD, which was also the only way to finish a study program in archaeology at that time.
Mary Chong
The first Chinese woman to graduate from an Australian university (USyd, BA 1929, DipEd 1930). Fluent in English and Cantonese, after graduating she became English Secretary for the Consul General of China in Australia.
Mae Mallory
Mae Mallory was a civil rights activist known for her support of armed self-defense and school integration. She was the founder of the “Harlem 9,” a group of nine Black mothers formed to protest the inferior conditions of schools in New York City during the 1950’s.
Sophie Maslow
Sophie Maslow was an American modern dance choreographer, performer, and teacher whose professional work in the field of dance began in the 1930s and spanned much of the 20th century.
Shelly C Lowe
Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes
Chief Executive & Equity Officer, Ashé Cultural Arts Center (US)
Pat O’Shane
Advocate for the rights of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Dr MaryAnn Bin-Sallik
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik was a proud Djaru Elder and the first Indigenous Australian woman to receive a doctorate, in 1989
Margaret Scott
Dame Margaret Scott founded the Australian Ballet School in 1963.