Freda Levson
South African anti-apartheid activist and writer
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Anasuya Sarabhai
Indian activist for the rights of textile workers
Anna Chandy
In 1959, Anna Chandy changed history by becoming the first female high court judge of India as well as the whole of the (then) British commonwealth.
Elizabeth Boyle
1600s countess of Cork and Burlington
Dorothy Ransom
Dorothy Ransom was awarded the Medal of the order of Australia, 8 June 1998, for service to the community, particularly through the Australian Federation of University Women and the Senate of the University of Western Australia.
Dr Rosemary Crowley
Australian member of Parliament and physician
Rebecca Makgomo Masilela
South African anti-aparthed activist
Pregs Govender
Having overcome the oppressive political and social climate that once undermined her as an Indian woman living in apartheid South Africa, Govender continues to fight against racism, gender inequality and classism.
Dolours Price
Irish republican paramilitary
Margaret Boyle
First countess of Orrery in 1600s Ireland