Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Vociferous in the fight for equality, she remains a feminist role model and inspiration through the ages, planting the seeds for an end to traditionalism and the birth of female liberation in India and Bangladesh.
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Chai Ling
Most noted for her leadership in the Tiananmen Square protests and her organizations that aid women and students, Chai Ling’s work has helped and inspired people all around the world.
Anna Chandy
In 1959, Anna Chandy changed history by becoming the first female high court judge of India as well as the whole of the (then) British commonwealth.
Freda Levson
South African anti-apartheid activist and writer
Dorothea Herbert
1700s and 1800s Irish author
Dorothy Moore
1600s Anglo-Irish woman of letters
Abby Stein
American Jewish trans rights activist
Alice Schalek
Austrian journalist, writer, editor, photographer and novelist
May Hartley
Irish novelist
Melesina Trench
1700s and 1800s Irish writer