Mitsuye Yamada
Acclaimed poet, feminist writer, and human rights activist. Much of Yamada’s work draws on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Acclaimed poet, feminist writer, and human rights activist. Much of Yamada’s work draws on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.
American tennis player who fought for equal treatment of female athletes
Chicana socialist working for women, LGBT, workers’ and immigrant rights
Lead plaintiff in a lawsuit for equal treatment for women athletes in the US
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.
American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer
Emily Nokes is a musical artist, writer, feminist and advocate for abortion rights.
American activist, writer, and comedian.
Filipina American writer and speaker based in Seattle, Washington.
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.