Eileen Parry
Eileen Parry joined the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in 1941. In August 1943 Parry was made Assistant Controller of the AWAS, Tasmania and she had reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel when she was discharged in 1946.
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Nomkhosi Mary Mini
South African activist killed in the maseru Massacre in 1982
Phila Portia Ndwandwe
South African activist who was abducted and murdered
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