M N Bhola
South African organizer of the women’s section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape, and the first woman to stand trial on the ‘hostility’ charge.
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Celestine Sibley
American author, journalist, and syndicated columnist who reported for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
U.S. Senator from Mississippi
Claudine Schneider
The first woman elected from Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives, Schneider earned a reputation as one of the House’s strongest environmental advocates.
Maria Elisabeth Stellwag-Bes
Considered to be the first woman to receive an engineering diploma (1904) in the Netherlands, as the first female student at TUDelft
María Cegarra Salcedo
The woman considered to be Spain’s first female to graduate in chemistry was María Cegarra Salcedo (1899-1993) but she is better known for her later career as a poet.
Mary Margaret Ngalo
South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
Mary Benson
South African anti-apartheid activist
Mary Thipe
She was in charge of recruiting young people into the African National Congress to ensure that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters.
Mary Moodley
South African political activist