Carol Martin
In 2001, Carol Martin OAM was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to an Australian parliament.
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Ann Klein
Ann Klein (1923-1986) joined the fight for female equality as president of the Morristown League of Women Voters in New Jersey.
Herschelle Sullivan Challenor
Civil Rights organizer
Lisa Bellear
Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.
Elizabeth Calf
1300s and 1400s Irish queen of Leinster
Lilian Fowler
In 1938, Councillor Lilian Fowler became Australia’s first female mayor.
Elaine Brown
African-American political activist
Neera Tanden
Domestic Policy Advisor to US President Biden and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council
Viola Ross Napier
Viola Ross Napier was elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives in 1922, only two years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants women the right to vote.
Enid Lyons
In 1943, the Honourable Dame Enid Lyons AD GBE was elected as the first female member of Australia’s House of Representatives.