Dr Janelle M Silva
Dr. Janelle M. Silva has dedicated years of activism in the classroom to teaching students of all ages about power and social structures in the Pacific Northwest.
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Dr Jessie Laird Brodie
American birth control advocate
Juanita Lewis Russell
Juanita Lewis Russell was an African American activist, artist, poet and teacher
Maria Fernandez
In 2021 Fernandez started the organization Empowering Latina Leadership & Action, ELLA, with many workshops for women who want to expand their knowledge on leadership, citizenship, and sexism.
Nikkita Oliver
US activist against injustice in the legal system.
Bev Barnum
She founded the group known as ‘Wall of Moms’, a group of mothers dedicated to protecting protestors from the military tactics used by federal agents and local law enforcement during peaceful protests.
Brenda Itta-Lee
Iñupiaq activist who advocated for the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
Catherine Montgomery
Canadian-American suffragist, philanthropist, founding faculty member, environmentalist, leader of the women’s club movement in the 1890’s and a 1920 Democratic candidate for state superintendent.
Emily Nokes
Emily Nokes is a musical artist, writer, feminist and advocate for abortion rights.
Susie Revels Clayton
Susie Revels Cayton was an African American author, journalist, and later active leader in the Black community during the turn of the twentieth century in Seattle, Washington.