Emma Tenayuca
Emma Tenayuca was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led strikes by women workers in Texas in the 1930s.
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Una O’Higgins O’Malley
Irish peace and reconciliation activist
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.
Dr Gerty Cori
Czech-American biochemist who, in 1947, became the third woman to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Grace Gifford
Irish cartoonist and republican
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was a key figure in the Kennedy family, known for her philanthropy. She founded the Special Olympics, a sports organization for those with physical and intellectual disabilities, earning her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 for her dedicated efforts.
Miriam Daly
Irish historian and political activist
Rosie Hackett
Irish trade unionist
Débora Arango
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader who fought for Bolivian independence, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was known for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Bolivia, then called Upper Peru.