Dr Susan La Flesche Picotte
Pioneering Native American doctor from the Omaha tribe. She made history as the first Indigenous woman to earn a medical degree, and she tirelessly campaigned for public health and land rights for the Omaha tribe.
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Yamada Waka
Prominent Japanese feminist who advocated social reform during Japan’s late Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras.
Marie Fleming
Irish campaigner for assisted suicide
Dr Mary Strangman
Irish doctor and suffragist
Hine-i-tūrama Ngātiki
Ngāti Whakaue woman of mana
Hīria Kokoro-Barrett
Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe woman of mana, craftswoman, mutton-birder
Eveline Cunnington
New Zealand women’s rights activist and social reformer
Leslie Feinberg
American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist. Her notable works include “Stone Butch Blues” (1993) and “Transgender Warriors” (1996), which played a significant role in gender studies.
Dr Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is an accomplished American scholar and expert in animal behavior.
Mary Agnes Chase
American botanist specializing in agrostology, the study of grasses.