Tillie Smith
US Air Force Veteran Tillie Smith served for six years as a mechanic.
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Madeline Sayet
Native American theater and opera director and writer
Maria Starcevic
Aunty Maria survived a tough upbringing to become a keen advocate for Aboriginal communities and their rights over 30 years.
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.
Marge Tucker
Among many achievements, Aunty Marge was the first Aboriginal woman to serve on the Aboriginal Welfare Board.
Iris Lovett-Gardiner
Aunty Iris Lovett-Gardiner was a beloved Gunditjmara elder and leader in Aboriginal education.
Hyllus Maris
Aunty Hyllus Maris was a Wurundjeri, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta activist, poet, scriptwriter and educator
Aiko Yamashiro
Executive director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities
Alexis McCray
21st century US Air Force veteran
Mildred Loving
In Loving v. Virginia, decided on June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriages as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.