Grace Hilda Cuthberta Ross
New Zeland activist for the the welfare of children, women, the needy and the disadvantaged
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Gráinne Yeats
Irish harpist, singer, teacher and historian
Eibhlín Uí Choisdeailbh
Irish folksong collector, Irish language enthusiast, and political activist
Nana Mouskouri
Greek singer and politician who gained international fame for her distinctive voice and wide-ranging repertoire.
Marie Leszczyńska
France’s longest-serving queen
Izora Armstead
American singer best known as one half of the duo Two Tons O’ Fun, which later became The Weather Girls.
Caroline of Ansbach
Queen of Great Britain in the 1700s
Shirley Graham Du Bois
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
Augusta Holmès
Irish-French composer
Jackie “Moms” Mabley
African-American stand-up comic and actor who was active in stage, television and films from the 1910s to 1970s. She was also one of the 20th century’s first openly queer comedians, coming out as a lesbian in 1921.