Mitsuye Yamada

Acclaimed poet, feminist writer, and human rights activist. Much of Yamada’s work draws on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.

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Julie Shayne

Whether she is at our nation’s capitol acting as a National Student Coordinator, speaking at the National Women’s Studies Association, publishing books that shed light on the injustices present within society or teaching classes under the major Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies that she helped create, Julie Shayne is always working to empower the marginalized.

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Clara Fraser

Clara Fraser was incredibly passionate about workers and women’s rights as well as fighting against the segregation that was present in Seattle in the mid-1900s.

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