Madeleine ffrench-Mullen
Irish nationalist and social advocate
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Marjorie Jackson
Marjorie Jackson was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1952.
Mary Owen
In 1975, Mary Owen (1921-2017) and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre.
Flora Díaz Parrado
Cuban lawyer and women’s rights activist
Mary McGrory
Pulitzer-winning journalist
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley
Margaret Tufts Swan Yardley (1844-1928) was a founding member and the first president of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers was a media mogul, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador.
Cecil Craig
Viscountess Craigavon and Irish unionist
Linda Burney
The first Indigenous person to be elected to the New South Wales parliament.
Jean Childs Young
Jean Childs Young was the first lady of Atlanta during the mayoral terms of her husband, Andrew Young, in the 1980s and was known nationally and internationally as an educator and advocate for children’s rights.