Fannie Lewis
Ward 7 representative for the Cleveland City Council for almost thirty years.
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Margaret McCaffery
German-American politician who served on Cleveland City Council through six mayoral administrations over twenty-eight years.
Marie Remington Wing
American lawyer, feminist, and reformer
Patria Mirabal
The story of the Mirabal sisters is one of three martyrs, and the survivor who ensured they would not be forgotten.
Minerva Mirabal
The story of the Mirabal sisters is one of three martyrs, and the survivor who ensured they would not be forgotten.
María Teresa Mirabal
The story of the Mirabal sisters is one of three martyrs, and the survivor who ensured they would not be forgotten.
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman in space, and later politician
Sighle Humphreys
Irish republican activist
Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day
A longtime suffragist with strong ties to New York politics and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Caroline O’Day was an unwavering supporter of New Deal legislation and a fervent pacifist during her four terms in the US House of Representatives.
Dr Elizabeth Lewis Otey
Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis Otey was an economist, an activist in the Virginia and national suffrage movements, and a political candidate for the Republican and Socialist parties.