Clara Louise Maass
Nurse Clara Louise Maass (1876-1901) volunteered to participate in an immunization experiment against yellow fever in Cuba, but succumbed to the disease at the young age of 25.
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Ida Cohen Rosenthal
Co-founder and president of the brassiere company Maidenform, Inc.
Saima Bhutta
Saima Bhutta has been a social justice advocate in South Jersey for over 25 years. When Bhutta saw the rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric following the 9/11 attacks, she was inspired to become further involved in her own community.
Mary Yamashita Nagao
As a Japanese-American woman living through World War II, Mary Yamashita Nagao (1920-1985) was interned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in Owens Valley, California under Executive Order 9066.
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
As a sea-level researcher, Nicole Hernandez Hammer has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea-level rise also have large Hispanic populations — something she learned firsthand growing up in South Florida.
Dr Esme Bamblett
Aunty Esme is a Bangerang, Wiradjuri and Taungurung woman, community advocate, educator, researcher and writer.
Monique Wittig
An influential lesbian feminist and avant-garde writer, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) challenged the heteronormativity of early Second Wave French feminists and was an active novelist, philosopher, and activist.
Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahel
Guardian of the ancient style of hula that predates commercial forms of the dance that emerged in the twentieth century
Barbara Hocking
Australian lawyer Barbara Hocking dedicated over 30 years of her professional career not only to educating the public, but also to changing the law of Native Title.
Nancy Cook
American supporter of woman’s suffrage and campaigner for protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.