Savitribai Phule
Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely considered the first female teacher of modern India.
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Maria Lacerda de Moura
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
Michela Murgia
Italian feminist writer and activist for the rights of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants
Nadia Anjuman
Afghan poet murdered by her husband
Nadia Murad
Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer
Nezihe Muhiddin
Trailblazing Turkish women’s rights activist, journalist, writer and political leader
Paz Márquez-Benítez
Living amid the Philippines’ American colonial period, Paz Márquez-Benítez wrote her way into history as a prominent short-story author, educator, and editor.
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