Edith Simcox
British philosopher, writer, trade union activist, and feminist.
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
American labor leader, activist, and feminist. Flynn played a key role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union.
May Palmer
New Zealand public servant, union official and equal pay campaigner
Laudelina de Campos Melo
Afro-Brazilian activist and labor organizer.
Dolores Cacuango
Pioneering advocate for indigenous and farmer rights in Ecuador, who played a key role in the early Ecuadorian feminist movement from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Emilia Dilke
British author, art historian, feminist, and trade unionist.
Luisa Capetillo
Iconic figure in Puerto Rico’s labor history. An anarchist writer and relentless activist, she championed labor rights, women’s empowerment, free love, and human emancipation.
Mary Fitzgerald
South African trade unionist and socialist
Aoua Keïta
Aoua Keïta was a Malian midwife, activist, and politician, recognized as a prominent figure in Mali’s struggle for independence, trade unionism, and feminism.
Alina Pienkowska
Alina Pienkowska was a nurse who played a significant role in the Solidarność movement against the communist regime in Poland.