Ruth Mompati
South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist
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Tania Leon
South African anti-apartheid, women’s rights and queer rights activist
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
South African stage, film and television actress
Dr Adesina Aramide Adenike
Nigerian petrochemical academic
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer and composer, and anti-apartheid activist
Nosimo Balindlela
South African politician
Bernard Ncube
South African nun and activist
Anna Murray Douglass
American abolitionist and wife of Frederick Douglass
Dr Jennie Patrick
Jennie R. Patrick worked in both industry and academia, taking particular care to mentor young women in her field. Her work has focussed on supercritical extraction and behaviours of superheated fluids and energy efficiency.
Dr Lilia Ann Abron
Lilia Ann Abron’s chemistry BS and sanitary engineering MS led to her PhD on reverse osmosis to remove DDT and Aldrin from water and her career on a wide range of environmental engineering and sustainability projects.