Politics Archives - Page 2 of 130

Margaret Callan

1800s Irish writer, teacher, and nationalist

Linda Kearns MacWhinney

20th century Irish republican and nurse

Hannah Lynch

1800s Irish journalist, writer, and Land Leaguer

Donna Hutchinson was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2007 until 2013. A member of an active political family, she also became involved in public affairs beyond her House service. She is a voting member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana.

Francisca García Batlle

Francisca García Batlle “Pacona” was a poet, playwright, actress, director, stage producer, teacher, and one of the first female council members in post-revolutionary Mexico. She founded three schools in Coatepec and the surrounding region.

Margaret Anna Cusack

1800s Irish nun and author

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.