Margaret Anna Cusack
1800s Irish nun and author
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Margaret Beaufort
Tudor royal matriarch during and after the War of the Roses
Shannon Watts
Founder of anti-gun violence grassroots organization, Moms Demand Action
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was a prominent figure in Iceland before becoming the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as a head of state in 1980.
Stella Courtright Stimson
Suffragist and clubwoman Stella Courtright Stimson was 50 when she decided to take down the corrupt Terre Haute, Indiana politician Donn Roberts in 1913.
Sue Sanders
British activist Sue Sanders is an educator and feminist activist for LGBTQIA+ and disability rights.
Claudia Sheinbaum
In 2024, Mexican politician and environmental engineer Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman and first Jewish person elected president of Mexico, winning a landslide victory.
Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford was born in 1917, one of the six renowned Mitford sisters from an aristocratic English famil, and would go on to become the “queen of the muckrakers.”
Gunnhildr
Gunnhildr konungamóðir (mother of kings) is a central figure in Old Norse sagas like Heimskringla (A Collection of Kings’ Sagas) and Egils saga.
Alva Myrdal
Swedish diplomat, government minister, and author Alva Myrdal received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for her work advocating for nuclear disarmament.