Nosimo Balindlela
South African politician
South African politician
South African nun and activist
South African political activist
South African political activist
Malaysian chemical engineer and politician
One of the earliest women in chemical engineering
Marcelle Lafont (1905-1982) was a chemical engineer, resistance fighter and French politician.
One of the first women in Cuba to study chemical engineering, graduating from the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was mostly known as one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, feminist, and wife of Raúl Castro.
Beninese lawyer, feminist and human rights activist
South African trade unionist Christina “Chrissie” Jasson was part of the Port Elizabeth trade union movements. She led several strikes and organized workers from the textiles and food and canning industries, and served as acting secretary of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from 1954 to 1955.