Dr Harriet Ngubane
South African social anthropologist best known for her work on Zulu belief systems
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Marielle Franco
Brazilian politician and activist for women’s rights, human rights and LGBT rights
Rebecca Lan
South African social researcher and activist
Dr Ellen Hellmann
South African anthropologist
Maurna Crozier
British social anthropologist
AnnMarie Wolpe
South African feminist, sociologist and anti-apartheid activist
Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin
Sociologist, activist, teacher, and writer, Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin spent a lifetime studying and combating economic and racial oppression. She is best known for her autobiography, The Making of a Southerner (1947).
Helen Matthews Lewis
In her dual role as academic and social activist, Lewis helped found the discipline of Appalachian Studies and served for several decades as one of its most influential leaders.
Dr Jeanne Mintz
American sociologist
Belinda Probert
Belinda Probert’s research and writing are focused on the changing nature of work and employment and new patterns of advantage and disadvantage, particularly the way these changes have interacted with households and the domestic division of labour.