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Reema Zaman

Reema Zaman is the author of the memoir, I am Yours, where she shares a story of hope as she guides the reader through her life.

Velma Veloria

In 1992, Veloria became the first Filipina in the United States to be elected to a state legislature.

Rosalie Fish

Rosalie Fish is a Native American woman who fights for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Nan Stoops

Nan Stoops dedicated her life to anti-violence, having been an advocate and organizer for more than forty years.

Deborah Parker

From Washington to D.C., Tulalip Tribe Vice-Chairwomxn Deborah Parker is a pillar of Indigenous leadership and activism about violence against Indigenous women.

At the age of 16, Sonita Alizadeh found out she was to be sold into marriage. Propelled to do something by this experience and the experiences of other women around her, the young Afghani woman turned to rap music. Alizadeh now uses her music and her convictions to end child marriage and to fight for the rights of women and girls all over the world.

Tarana Burke

As an activist, community organizer, and executive, Burke has been widely recognized for her work, and was named Person of the Year by TIME Magazine in 2017.

Josephine Butler

Victorian English feminist and social reformer who campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution, and an end to human trafficking of young women and children into European prostitution.

Carol June Young Specht

Carol June Young Specht was a Past President of the local League of Women Voters, President of Women Against Rape (WAR), and co-founder of the Coles County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She advocated with a passion for victims of rape and domestic violence during the mid-twentieth century.

Recy Taylor

Although it was very dangerous for African Americans to speak out against white people during the Jim Crow era, Recy Taylor refused to remain silent about sexual violence. She bravely testified against the group of white men that kidnapped and raped her.