Christine Buckley
Irish nurse, midwife and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse in religious and state-supported institutions
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Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin
American suffragist and civil rights activist
Ora Washington
Ora Washington was an exceptional athlete in the early twentieth century, excelling in both basketball and tennis.
Loretta Ross
Loretta Ross is an academic and activist who has dedicated many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice. Most notably, she is a cofounder of SisterSong and Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, served as a previous Executive Director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, and is one of twelve women credited with coining the phrase and framework “reproductive justice.”
Ophelia Settle Egypt
Ophelia Settle Egypt was a medical social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is remembered for many things, including her work to make women’s and reproductive healthcare accessible to the Black communities in Southeast Washington, DC. However, she was also critical in preserving the histories of formerly enslaved African Americans in the early twentieth century, fighting against preventable ailments in Black communities across the country, and for authoring a children’s book.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a renowned composer, historian, musician, and activist. She is also credited with founding Sweet Honey in the Rock, an all-female and all-Black acapella group. Much of her work centers Black identity and social justice and many of her musical projects highlight the Civil Rights Era.
Dr Betty Shabazz
Educator and civil rights activist Dr Betty Shabazz was the wife, and later widow, of Malcolm X.
Adah Isaacs Menken
Actress Adah Isaacs Menken was noted as a woman of extraordinary beauty, culture, and brilliancy. She was famous for her marriages and divorces, and a volume of poetry by her was published as Infelicia (1868).
Vivienne Malone-Mayes
Vivienne Malone-Mayes was an American mathematician and educationalist.
Euphemia Lofton Haynes
Euphemia Lofton Haynes was an American mathematician and educator, and the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics.