Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Captain responsible for the recruitment of African American female soldiers during World War II, lawyer and civil rights activist
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Kathleen Cox
Irish artist, sculptor, and mystic
Saint Ciar
Foundress and first abbess of Cell Chéire, and saint in the Irish tradition
Saint Damnait
Foundress of Tech Damnatan at Sliab Betha and a saint in the Irish tradition
Darbiled
Anchoress and foundress of Inis Cethig on the Erris peninsula in Co. Mayo, and a saint in the Irish tradition
Zuleikha Mayat
South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
Cecilia Mary Caddell
1800s Irish novelist
Mary MacKillop
Mother Mary Mackillop was the first woman in Australia to found a Christian religious order.
Dr Mary Glowrey
Born in 1887, Dr Sr Glowrey was a gifted medical doctor and religious sister who was passionate about the role of women in medicine
Lula B Jones
Co-wrote Heaven Bound, an African American folk drama that portrays the struggles and pitfalls of a group of pilgrims striving to reach the gates of heaven