Activism Archives - Page 169 of 171

Andrea Villarreal

Andrea Villarreal was a teacher, poet, feminist, labor organizer, and revolutionary.

Lula Parrish

Lula Parrish risked her job and her life by marching for civil rights with more than 100 other African-American teachers in the Selma Teachers March on January 22 1965.

Katharine Susannah Prichard was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia. Over her more than 50-year career, she published novels, volumes of poetry and short story collections.

Myra Davis Hemmings

Delta Sigma Theta, a service sorority for black women, was founded at Howard University in Washington, DC in 1912, with Myra Davis Hemmings of San Antonio elected as its first president.

Lakshmi Puri

Lakshmi Puri is a former Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations and the former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.

Irena Sawicka

Irena Scheur-Sawicka was a Polish archaeologist, ethnographer, and educational and communist activist who joined joined the Polish Workers’ Party during World War II.

Urani Rumbo

Urani Rumbo was an Albanian feminist, playwright and teacher who founded several associations promoting Albanian women’s rights.

Komako Kimura

Komako Kimura was a Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theater manager, and magazine editor before World War II.

Minnie Fisher Cunningham

Minnie Fisher Cunningham was an American suffrage activist, who was the first executive secretary of the League of Women Voters.

Mary Applebey

Mary Frances Applebey was an English civil servant and mental health activist.