Emilia Dilke
British author, art historian, feminist, and trade unionist.
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Fukuda Hideko
Prominent Japanese feminist activist devoted to socialist and feminist causes.
Ella M S Marble
American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.
Dr Alice Bunker Stockham
Obstetrician and gynecologist from Chicago and the fifth woman to become a doctor in the United States.
Cornelia Sorabji
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.
Hilde Radusch
German political activist engaged in anti-fascist resistance.
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Trailblazing U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and visionary. Her groundbreaking contributions paved the way for the development of the first birth control pill.
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor, and advocate for women’s rights; the first scientist to propose the idea of the greenhouse effect.
Florence Ada Mary Lamb Polson
New Zealand women’s rights activist and writer
Bertha Lutz
Notable Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat and played a key role in the Pan-American feminist and human rights movements. Her efforts were crucial in achieving women’s suffrage in Brazil.