Fiona Smith
Australian disability rights activist and lawyer
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Margaret Keane
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.
Beatrice Vio
Italian Paralympic fencing champion and activist
Dr Chieko Asakawa
Dr. Chieko Asakawa is a prominent inventor of software that aided in the development of accessibility technology.
Claudia L Gordon
In 2000, Claudia L. Gordon became the first Deaf Black female lawyer in the U.S.
Sheila Cussons
South African writer and painter