Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan’s first female prime minister
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Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh
Indian-British suffragist who helped save refugees fleeing the Holocaust
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.
Charithra Chandran
Indian-British actor, producer and activist
Alexandra Asmasoebrata
Indonesia’s first female race car driver
Amrita Sher-Gil
Amrita Sher-Gil was an Indian-Hungarian painter and is considered one of the most important painters of modern India
Anandibai Joshi
Indian woman who earned her medical degree in the U.S. in the 1880s
Anasuya Sarabhai
Indian activist for the rights of textile workers
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.
Phyllis Naidoo
South African lawyer, writer and anti-apartheid activist