Eileen Szychowski
American disability activist
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Stella Young
Referring to herself as a ‘crip’, Stella controversially challenged people in the way they perceived disability and what it means to live as a disabled person. She described ‘crip’ as a liberating word; a term that seemed to horrify people but that made her feel strong and powerful.
Ada Norris
Dame Ada Norris was an Australian women’s rights activist and community worker. She was dedicated to raising the status of women.
Carrie Buck
Carrie Buck was the first person involuntarily sterilized under Virginia’s eugenics laws. In Buck v. Bell (1927), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Virginia’s law was constitutional and that Buck should be sterilized, the first of approximately 8,300 performed under state law between 1927 and 1972.
Joan Curran
Joan Strothers was a Welsh physicist-engineer who was the inventor of the UK form of the WW2 anti-radar measure known as ‘chaff’ or ‘window’.
Anne Sullivan
Blind teacher of Helen Keller
Sue Salthouse
Australian human rights and disability rights activist
Elaine Wilson
Defendant in the landmark disability rights case Olmstead v. L.C.
Sue Jamieson
Lawyer in the landmark disability rights case Olmstead v. L.C.
Georgia Elliott
Pioneer in the Deaf women’s rights movement