Native Hawaiian was a scholar, poet, activist, and revolutionary known for her deep historical and cultural analysis of US Imperialism and oppression in Hawai’i. She was also an iconic figure in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement.
1700s Oneida diplomat
1800s Cree woman whose relationship with her white husband led to a legal case establishing the validity of such inter-racial marriages
Australian film and television director, producer and writer
Leanne Miller has made significant contributions to the welfare of Aboriginal communities in Victoria, Australia.
Yorta Yorta elder and community worker
Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, elder and tribal council member Gladys Tantaquidgeon co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, the oldest to be owned and operated by Native Americans, in 1931.
Malagasy politician and activist Gisèle Rabesahala was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in Madagascar’s federal government in 1977, as well as the country’s first woman municipal councilor and the first Malagasy woman to establish and lead a political party.
Worimi bushranger Mary Ann Bugg was one of several female bandits documented as being active in mid-1800s Australia.