Sister Marjorie Tuite, O.P. was a Catholic feminist nun who fought for gender equality, especially within the Catholic Church. Tuite was a longtime activist in the broader struggle for civil rights. She was fiercely committed to her church and worked for several decades to make it more inclusive.
Sister Margaret Traxler was a Catholic feminist nun and a civil rights activist who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the famous march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. She was also an important supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment as well as a co-founder of the National Coalition of American Nuns, an important feminist organization for religious women in the United States.
Canadian artist, teacher, Salvation Army officer, and newspaper edito
Canadian educator, social reformer, and office holder
Mother of the children at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.
Dr. Clarice Reid began her education in the segregated schools of Birmingham, Alabama, and went on to become director of the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Child at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.
In 1960, during her first month at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey took a bold stance against inadequate testing and corporate pressure when she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States. The drug had been used as a sleeping pill and was later proven to have caused thousands of birth deformities in Germany and Great Britain.
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women