Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, a fearless and determined advocate for education, has demonstrated that the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance against injustice.
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Bridget Dirrane
Irish nurse, centenarian and memoirist
Hariot Blackwood
Irish marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, philanthropist and author
Julieta Campos
Julieta Campos was a postmodernist novelist, short story writer, critic, and translator.
Elizabeth Taylor
As one of the first women justices of the peace in Christchurch she was later made an associate magistrate to the Children’s Court. Within the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women, Elizabeth Taylor promoted issues such as a motherhood endowment, women police, the right of married women to retain their own nationality, and women in politics.
Shirley Graham Du Bois
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
Caitlin Thomas
Irish writer
Claribel Alegría
Claribel Alegría was a poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major literary voice in 20th century Central America. She won the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, among other awards.