Una O’Higgins O’Malley
Irish peace and reconciliation activist
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Esther Roper
Irish-English women’s rights activist Esther Roper fought for equal employment and voting rights for working-class women.
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-war activist
Dr Helen Caldicott
Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has dedicated much of her life to campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons and promoting environmental responsibility.
Katherine Millett
American feminist writer, educator, artist and activist.
Mabel Vernon
American suffragist and pacifist who emerged as a prominent leader in the United States suffrage movement
Marya Chéliga-Loevy
Polish-French writer, playwright, feminist and pacifist.
Jeannette Rankin
In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.
Amparo Poch y Gascón
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a significant Spanish figure in the fields of anarchism, pacifism, medicine, and activism during the Spanish Civil War.