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Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

South African politician and activist

Juana Ramirez

Known as Juana “La Avanzadora,” or Juana “The Advancer” in English for her valiant efforts and leadership on the frontlines of the fight against colonial rule in Venezuela.

Elisa Guevara

Mexcian activist who served as a subcomandante in the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the 1980s and early ’90s

Simone Veil

French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician who championed women’s rights and is remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, the Veil Act (Loi Veil).

Melchora Aquino

Filipina revolutionary widely recognized throughout the Philippines as a national hero

Mai Bhago

The first known woman in Sikh history to fight in a war.

Christine Jorgensen

American transgender trailblazer

Edith Butler trained as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she was later staff sister. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1945 in recognition of her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the south-west Pacific area.