Stella Alexander
Stella Alexander broke into the previously exclusive boy’s club of Issaquah, Washington politics when she was elected to the town council in 1927, and in 1932 was elected to a two-year term as mayor of the town.
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Marguerite Cole
The first woman to vote in the United States after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Hortense Prévost
Canadian known for her role as a British loyalist during the Rebellions of 1837–1838
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.
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.