Grace Zia Chu
Grace Zia Chu is credited with introducing countless Americans to Chinese cooking and cuisine through her popular books The Pleasures of Chinese Cooking (1962) and Madame Chu’s Chinese Cooking School (1975).
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Birutė Galdikas
German primatologist
Elena Zelayeta
Mexican-American chef
Rita Cetina y Gutierrez
Mexican educator, writer and feminist Rita Cetina y Gutierrez advocated for women’s education in Mérida, Yucatán.
Frances O’Brien
1800s Irish poet and novelist
Aurora M Ocampo
Mexican literary researcher and academic
Dolores Batista
Tarahumara poet, essayist, translator, and social activist.
Emily Newell Blair
American suffragist and co-founder of the League of Women Voters.
Marlo Thomas
American actress
Sonia Johnson
Sonia Johnson was a fifth-generation Mormon who became active in the campaign to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1977, Johnson co-founded Mormons for ERA. Her activism led to her excommunication from the LDS Church and influenced her decision to run for President.