Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician, a human rights advocate, a writer, and a women’s rights activist.
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Helen Zia
American anti-racism, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Rosario Castellanos
One of Mexico’s leading literary voices in the twentieth century
Jade Snow Wong
Chinese-American ceramicist and writer
Dorothea Herbert
1700s and 1800s Irish author
Melesina Trench
1700s and 1800s Irish writer
Phyllis Naidoo
South African lawyer, writer and anti-apartheid activist
Elizabeth Burchill
Elizabeth Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I’ve Trod.
Jean Carman
Jean Carman experimented with dyemaking from eucalypts and published Dyemaking with Eucalypts in 1978. She tested 240 species from all over Australia, documenting the colours produced in wool with different treatments.
Nesca Robb
20th century Irish author