Washington politician Mary Skinner was first elected to represent the Yakima-area 14th District in the state House of Representatives in 1994. Skinner grew up as a farm worker and worked as a junior high school teacher and community volunteer.
In 1988, Margarita López Prentice, a Democrat, won a seat representing the 11th District in the Washington state House of Representatives; she was later elected to the state senate from that district.
20th cetury Irish artist and cultural-political activist
Diana Morán Garay dedicated herself to literary and poetry criticism.
Elizabeth Grant was a pharmacy proprietor and manager for many years. She was also a Member of the House of Assembly, Australian Capital Territory, 1979-1982.
Kim Thien Truong connects the Vietnamese-Australian community with their local council and services in Victoria, Australia.
Jane Fonda is an award-winning actor, a political activist, and a former fitness guru.
Frances Pauley, social activist and political organizer, devoted her life to the battle against prejudice and discrimination in the southern US.
Portuguese queen of England, and later regent in Portugal
Irish nationalist, political activist, and subject of most of the love poetry of W. B. Yeats