Disability Archives - Infinite Women

Mabel Hubbard Bell

American venture capitalist and social reformer

Mary Cullen

Irish nun and founder of the magazine Virgo Potens

Mary Kate Callahan

She helped spearhead a lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association to allow disabled swimmers to take part in the state meet along with their able-bodied classmates.

Fiona Smith

Australian disability rights activist and lawyer

Although her work was hugely commercially successful, mostly through inexpensive reproductions on various items, her then-husband Walter Keane claimed credit for her paintings. It was only after their divorce that Margaret went public with her story of their abusive marriage. She later proved herself in a courtroom “paint-off,” in which Walter refused to participate.

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

Poomoney Moodley

Indian-South African political activist

Zhang Haidi

Chinese disability rights activist

Maria da Penha

Brazilian survivor of domestic violence who campaigned for legal changes that established stricter sentences for physical offenders, promotd rehabilitation programs for perpetrators, and offered 24-hour police stations and shelters for abused women.