Florence Price Dwyer
Florence Price Dwyer, a U.S. Representative, pushed for civil rights legislation, consumer protection measures, and institutional reform during her 16-year House career.
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Margaret Thatcher
The first female British prime minister
Idola Saint-John
A pioneer of women’s rights, Idola Saint-Jean founded in 1927 the Canadian Alliance for the Women’s Vote in Quebec.
Elizabeth O’Farrell
20th century Irish republican
Elizabeth Rawdon
1700s countess of Moira , literary patroness, and antiquarian
Mary Cosgrave
Irish social worker and local politician
Benita Galeana
Mexican activist imprisoned several times for her work defending the rights of workers and the marginalized.
Blanca Lydia Trejo
Mexican novelist, essayist, journalist and diplomat
Katherine Angelina Hughes
1900s Canadian teacher, journalist, public servant, author, and Irish political activist
Elizabeth Montour
1700s interpreter, diplomat, and local leader of Algonquin and French Canadian ancestry.