Julia Archibald Holmes
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.
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Hallie Quinn Brown
African American educator, writer, and women’s rights activist, renowned for her contributions to education and the fight for racial and gender equality.
Huda Sha’arawi
Pioneering Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist who founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, becoming a central figure in Egypt’s early feminist movement.
Dr Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
African American educator, writer, and scholar, remembered for her advocacy for African American women’s education and civil rights.
Mary Ritter Beard
Prominent American historian, author, and women’s suffrage activist.
Mary Macarthur
Scottish suffragist and trade unionist
Maria Deraismes
French author and Freemason who played a significant role in advancing women’s rights.
Katharine Glasier
English socialist politician, journalist, and novelist, best known for her pivotal role as a founding member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1893.
Mabel Vernon
American suffragist and pacifist who emerged as a prominent leader in the United States suffrage movement
Laura Smith Haviland
Pivotal figure in the American abolitionist movement.