Beng Hong Oon
Trailblazing legal and political figure in British Malaya, renowned for her pioneering achievements and contributions to women’s representation in law and politics.
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Pole Atanraoi-Reim
Pole Atanraoi-Reim stands as a trailblazer in Kiribati as the nation’s first female lawyer.
Hayati binti Mohd Salleh
Hayati binti Mohd Salleh was the first female Attorney General of Brunei and the first female High Court Judge in the Supreme Court of Brunei.
Catherine Winter
Irish publicist and campaigner
Margaret Lynch
Irish-New Zealand servant accused of crimes by her employer, leading to a public uproar in her defense
Josephine Butler
Victorian English feminist and social reformer who campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution, and an end to human trafficking of young women and children into European prostitution.
Amy Hertz
Committed feminist and an advocate for women, children, the poor, and the elderly in the US.
Vai Stanton
Aboriginal Australian welfare worker and elder of Kungarakany and Gurindji descent
Sheelagh Murnaghan
Irish barrister and politician
Elizabeth Watts
Irish printer, stationer, and ‘bookseller to the courts of law’ in the 1700s