Harriet Keeler
Keeler was a Cleveland educator, botanist, author, suffragist, and lover of nature. Each aspect of her self-made career brought her a measure of celebrity far beyond northeast Ohio.
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Elaine Marsh
Elaine Marsh is a long-time Ohio environmental advocate, best known for her leadership in restoring the Cuyahoga River.
Annie Rudman
New Zealand Salvation Army officer and social worker
Lucy Smith
New Zealand editor, feminist, temperance and welfare worker
Annie Schnackenberg
New Zealand Wesleyan missionary, temperance and welfare worker and suffragist
Marlene Zertuche
Poet, editor and Mexican cultural promoter.
Isabel Fraser
New Zealand school principal and educationalist
Helen Nicol
New Zealand suffragist and temperance campaigner
Mary Player
New Zealand midwife, welfare worker, feminist and social reformer
Asieh Amini
Journalist and poet Asieh Amini is a leading voice in the campaign to end stoning and juvenile executions in Iran. Targeted by the state for her reporting and activism, she fled Iran in 2009, but continues to fight against censorship and other human rights abuses in the country.