Diana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups
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Iris Kellett
20th century Irish showjumper and horse trainer
Charlotte C Johnston
Boston artist and pianist
Charlotte Oelschlägel
Though ice skating has been around for centuries, it only came into its current form and fashion in the mid-19th century and was still taking shape as a professional and competitive sport when Charlotte Oelschlägel took up the activity.
Dr Donna Jackson
Donna Jackson started the Women’s Circus to enable women to come together to train in a non-competitive, supportive and safe environment.
Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes
Chief Executive & Equity Officer, Ashé Cultural Arts Center (US)
Annie Abbott
Performer known as “the Little Georgia Magnet”
Lulu Hurst
In September 1883 she gained local attention by demonstrating mysterious abilities: chairs, canes, and umbrellas, held by others, seemed gripped by an invisible power when Hurst touched them lightly.
Helen Haiman Joseph
The “grandmother of American puppetry” because of her practical and scholarly knowledge of marionettes.
Adele von Ohl Parker
American equestrienne, daredevil rider, vaudeville performer, and from 1929 to 1966 the owner and operator of Parker’s Ranch in Ohio