She became the first African-American hired into a technical position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a ‘computer’. JPL sent her on a programming training course at IBM and she learnt speed coding and was promoted to ‘mathematician’.
Ugandan medical anthropologist who has written about sexuality, HIV/AIDS and women’s health. She is also a political activist who campaigns for women and girls rights, as well as the rights of LGBTQIA+ people.
South African politician
South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist
South African anti-apartheid activist
South African political activist
Khoikhoi woman who was kidnapped, sold into slavery and exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus
South African political activist
South African trade unionist and politician
Frst wife of Nelson Mandela