Sadie L Adams
Influential African-American teacher, suffragist, and clubwoman who made significant contributions to the women’s suffrage movement and social improvement initiatives in Chicago.
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Dr Zelma Watson George
African-American opera singer, educator, and civic leader
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-war activist
Ethel Field
New Zealand community leader
Zofia Nałkowska
Distinguished Polish novelist, playwright, and essayist and political activist
Ruth First
Born: 4 May 1925, South Africa Died: 17 August 1982 Country most active: South Africa Also known as: Heloise Ruth First South African anti-apartheid activist, scholar and journalist Ruth First […]
Louise McKinney
Canadian politician, temperance and women’s rights activist, who made history as the first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire.
Maryon Pittman Allen
American journalist and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Alabama.
Josephine Roche
American humanitarian, labor activist, and businesswoman.
Karin Boye
Famed Swedish poet, novelist and short story writer