Rajani Thiranagama
Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist, feminist, and academic, best known for her work in exposing human rights abuses during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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Shirley Graham Du Bois
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
Nellie McClung
Social activist, politician, author, and one of the most important figures in the Canadian suffragist movement.
Blanche Armwood
African-American educator, lawyer, and civil rights activist
Nanye-hi
Cherokee Beloved Woman and political leader
Kapi’olani
Chiefess of Hawaii in the 1800s
Chipeta
Diplomat and a Native Americans rights advocate, she is the only known woman to ever be allowed to sit on a Ute tribal council.
Cusirimay
15th century Incan queen
Micaela Bastidas
Born in Tamburco in 1744, Micaela was ruler of the chiefdoms of Tungasuca, Surimana and Pampamarca, Peru
Manikuntala Sen
Activist, politician and memoirist Manikuntala Sen was one of the first women active in the Communist Party of India.