Claudine Schneider
The first woman elected from Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives, Schneider earned a reputation as one of the House’s strongest environmental advocates.
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Maria Elisabeth Stellwag-Bes
Considered to be the first woman to receive an engineering diploma (1904) in the Netherlands, as the first female student at TUDelft
María Cegarra Salcedo
The woman considered to be Spain’s first female to graduate in chemistry was María Cegarra Salcedo (1899-1993) but she is better known for her later career as a poet.
Mary Benson
South African anti-apartheid activist
Mary Thipe
She was in charge of recruiting young people into the African National Congress to ensure that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters.
Mary Moodley
South African political activist
Irene Menell
Menell dedicated more than fifty years of her life to the betterment of those marginalised by the oppressive apartheid regime in South Africa, promoting non-racialism, democracy, human rights, and education.
Mary Maria Burton
Argentine-South African human rights activist
Margareth Baloi
South African political activist
Martha Mohlakoane
South African anti-apartheid activist