Takamure Itsue
Japanese poet, activist-writer, feminist, anarchist, ethnologist, and historian
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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
Aurora Cáceres
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
Julia Archibald Holmes
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.
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.