Madame Naokichi Matsunaga
Wife of the imperial Japanese consul in Seattle in the 1910s
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
South African political activist and wife of Nelson Mandela
Albertina Sisulu
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the “Mother of the Nation”.
Sinéad de Valera
Irish teacher, folklorist, and writer
Louise Goff Reece
Louise G. Reece won a special election to succeed her Congressman husband after his death in 1961. .
Edna Oakes Simpson
Edna O. Simpson was unexpectedly thrust into public life when her Congressman husband collapsed and died less than two weeks before the 1958 midterm elections. A day after his death, she agreed to replace him as the GOP nominee in the western Illinois congressional district.
Vera Cahalan Bushfield
Vera Cahalan Bushfield’s brief US Senate service in the autumn of 1948 never brought her to the Capitol, where the 80th Congress (1947–1949) had recessed for the general elections. Instead, she stayed in her native South Dakota tending to constituent services after being appointed to the final weeks of the term of her late husband.
Leonor Sullivan
As one of America’s early consumer advocates, Leonor K. Sullivan authored many of the protective laws that Americans have come to take for granted.
Kathryn Granahan
US Representative Kathryn Granahan succeeded her late husband and followed his example as a liberal New Dealer who supported workers’ rights, welfare legislation, and civil rights.
Maurine Neuberger
With her husband, Maurine B. Neuberger was part of a “mediagenic power couple” that together reformed the Oregon Democratic Party and emerged onto the national scene.