Paz Márquez-Benítez
Living amid the Philippines’ American colonial period, Paz Márquez-Benítez wrote her way into history as a prominent short-story author, educator, and editor.
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Prem Mathur
The first woman to be a commercial pilot in India
Savitribai Phule
Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely considered the first female teacher of modern India.
Michelle Yeoh
Malaysian actress and the first woman of Asian descent to win the Oscar for best actress
Ramnie Dinat
South African anti-apartheid activist
Guo Jianmei
Chinese lawyer, human rights advocate and women’s rights activist
He-Yin Zhen
Chinese feminist and anarchist
Heidy Quah
Heidy Quah created Refuge for the Refugees, a non-profit organization, in 2012 to provide services and networks that would allow refugees to advocate for their own rights.
Helen Zia
American anti-racism, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Indira Goswami
Goswami pioneered feminist Assamese literature by raising awareness of issues faced by the marginalized.