Dorothy Felton
Dorothy Felton was the first Republican woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly in the U.S. and eventually became the longest-serving Republican and the longest-serving woman of either party in the state legislature.
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Mary Spring Rice
Irish nationalist
Mary McCracken
Irish radical and philanthropist
Janet Mary Cherry
South African anti-apartheid activist and writer
Jean Bernadt
South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
Jean Middleton
South African anti-apartheid activist, writer, editor
Eleanor Kasrils
British militant anti-apartheid activist in South Africa
Jennifer Schreiner
South African anti-apartheid and political activist
Jeannette Ndhlovu
South African activist; in September 2000 she was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She also served on the Bureau of the World Summit for Sustainable Development as an ex-officio member.
Josie Palmer
South African labor rights, anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist