Addie L Wyatt
One of the US’s foremost labor union leaders, women’s rights advocate and civil rights activist.
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Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley was an abolitionist and an early women’s rights advocate. Devoting her life to creating a more equitable society, she used her skills as a lecturer and educator to advocate for the rights of African Americans and women.
Dr Bertha Van Hoosen
Dr. Van Hoosen was a founder of the American Medical Women’s Association and served as the organization’s first president.
Florida Ruffin Ridley
While Florida Ruffin Ridley followed in the footsteps of her mother, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, she paved her own way as a writer, activist, and community leader.
Nannie Helen Burroughs
African-American educator, speaker, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman
Dr Me-Iung Ting
Dr. Me-Iung Ting worked tirelessly to improve medical care for women, children, and refugees, even when it put her at great personal risk.
Katharine Wright
Often ignored in the histories, the third Wright sibling was vital to her brothers’ success
Dr Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
1800s British doctor
Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett
Suffragist and member of the Hawaiian royal family
Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Clara Lemlich Shavelson is known primarily for her part in the 1909 garment workers strike in New York City, often referred to as the Uprising of 20,000.