Sue Salthouse
Australian human rights and disability rights activist
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Sue Jamieson
Lawyer in the landmark disability rights case Olmstead v. L.C.
Elaine Wilson
Defendant in the landmark disability rights case Olmstead v. L.C.
Georgia Elliott
Pioneer in the Deaf women’s rights movement
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Nonbinary femme poet, writer and intersectional activist, who advocates for disability justice as well as for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT+) and Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) rights.
Julia Wallace
She was the first woman to become a city councillor in Palmerston North, serving from 1962 to 1968. Because of her disability, she worked tirelessly for the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community that fosters and amplifies disability media and culture. A Chinese-American activist and writer, Wong fights for access and representation for people with disabilities from all backgrounds.
Petra Kuppers
Disability culture activist and community performance artist
Hannah Tomiko Holmes
Educator and disability rights activist
Olivia Robello Breitha
Renowned author and Hansen’s disease activist who resided in Kalaupapa from 1937 until her death in 2006.