Mary Purcell
20th century Irish teacher, religious biographer and archivist
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Pauline Podbrey
South African Communist activist
Florence Matilda Read
President of Spelman College from 1927 to 1953
Yeonmi Park
Yeonmi Park escaped North Korea when she was just 13 and is well-known for her activism in speaking out against the North Korean government and defending North Korean citizens’ rights. Through her interviews, writings and speeches, Yeonmi has and continues to share her extraordinary story.
Reshma Saujani
With the help of Saujani’s program, Girls Who Code, the amount of girls in the technology field has drastically increased.
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer
Nezihe Muhiddin
Trailblazing Turkish women’s rights activist, journalist, writer and political leader
Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician, a human rights advocate, a writer, and a women’s rights activist.
Helen Zia
American anti-racism, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Jade Snow Wong
Chinese-American ceramicist and writer