Anna Deavere Smith
Through profound performances and plays that blend theater and journalism, she has informed our understanding of social issues and conveyed a range of disparate characters.
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Stella Young
Referring to herself as a ‘crip’, Stella controversially challenged people in the way they perceived disability and what it means to live as a disabled person. She described ‘crip’ as a liberating word; a term that seemed to horrify people but that made her feel strong and powerful.
Fay Fuller
Fay Fuller was the first known woman to summit Mount Rainier.
Anita Leslie
Irish biographer
Ellen Duncan
Irish arts administrator and journalist
Mary White Ovington
Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), a social worker and freelance writer, was a principal NAACP founder and officer for almost forty years.
Lynn Johnston
Since 1979, when For Better or For Worse first appeared, Canadian artist Lynn Johnston (b. 1947) has been chronicling the lives of the Patterson family
Madeleine Riffaud
Madeleine Riffaud was a French war correspondent and poet who worked with the French Resistance during WWII
Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza
Juana Belén Gutiérrez wrote radical feminist literature against Catholicism, political corruption, and social injustices during the Porfiriato.
Hermila Galindo
Hermila Galindo edited the feminist journal Mujer Moderna.