Miriam Bridelia Soljak
A New Zealander through and through, she asserted her nationality and championed the cause of urban Maori and working-class women fearlessly and with total commitment.
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Mary Powell
New Zealand temperance worker and suffragist
Sonita Alizadeh
At the age of 16, Sonita Alizadeh found out she was to be sold into marriage. Propelled to do something by this experience and the experiences of other women around her, the young Afghani woman turned to rap music. Alizadeh now uses her music and her convictions to end child marriage and to fight for the rights of women and girls all over the world.
Annie Schnackenberg
New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker and suffragist
Rachel Don
New Zealand church and community worker
Harriet Keeler
Keeler was a Cleveland educator, botanist, author, suffragist, and lover of nature. Each aspect of her self-made career brought her a measure of celebrity far beyond northeast Ohio.
Helen Nicol
New Zealand suffragist and temperance campaigner
Mary Player
New Zealand midwife, welfare worker, feminist and social reformer
Asieh Amini
Journalist and poet Asieh Amini is a leading voice in the campaign to end stoning and juvenile executions in Iran. Targeted by the state for her reporting and activism, she fled Iran in 2009, but continues to fight against censorship and other human rights abuses in the country.
Tarana Burke
As an activist, community organizer, and executive, Burke has been widely recognized for her work, and was named Person of the Year by TIME Magazine in 2017.