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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.

Takamure Itsue

Japanese poet, activist-writer, feminist, anarchist, ethnologist, and historian

Dewi Sartika

Sundanese advocate for and pioneer of education for women in Indonesia

Nellie Griswold Francis

African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and community leader.

Dr Mattie E Coleman

Trailblazing African American physician and community leader

Faizunnesa Choudhurani

Influential Bangladeshi Zamindar (ruler) celebrated for her pioneering work advocating for female education and addressing other social issues in South Asia.

Gretta Cousins

Irish suffragist, educator, and theosophist

Peruvian writer and feminist active in the early 20th-century feminist movement in South America and recognized for her contributions to Peruvian literature, particularly through her novels and essays.

Henrietta Edwards

Women’s rights activist and reformer who played a crucial role in the struggle for women’s suffrage in Canada and was a founding member of the influential women’s organizations