Fatima Meer
South African activist and academic
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Faith Mazibuko
South African politician
Feroza Adam
South African anti-apartheid activist
Joan Burke
Irish nurse, politician and farmer
Muriel MacSwiney
Irish republican
Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Irish academic and activist
Harriet Taylor Upton
American suffragist
Lauretta Schulte
Cleveland, Ohio funeral director
Eva Kelly Bowring
In 1954 Eva Kelly Bowring arrived in the U.S. Senate with the vocabulary of a witty cattle wrangler and impressive credentials as a state political figure and prosperous businesswoman.
Lynn Morley Martin
Lynn Martin’s expertise on economic issues, her quick wit, moderation, and independence helped her to become the first woman in the United States House of Representatives to attain leadership positions high within the Republican Party.