Atossa
Daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of three kings and mother of Xerxes I, who operated her own business and maintained her own court and military.
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Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams
American educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist who was instrumental in campaigns to rename various Little Rock streets in honor of Daisy Bates and Mayor Charles Bussey.
Kathy Webb
Kathy Webb—the first openly gay member of the Arkansas General Assembly—has had a long career in private business, philanthropy, and local and state government.
Alice L Preston
Alice Luberter Walker Preston was an African-American schoolteacher who was instrumental in the peaceful integration of Murfreesboro city schools in 1965 and left an enduring legacy in the field of education in Arkansas.
Kathleen McKenna
20th century Irish republican and administrator
Mabel McConnell
20th century Irish republican, suffragette, and socialist
Máire O’Brien
20th century Irish republican activist, civil servant and translator
Joan Fitzgerald
20th century Irish political confidante
Máire Drumm
20th century Irish republican
Jane Mitchel
1800s Irish nationalist who supported slavery in the U.S.