Naima Shaltu
Shaltu started her blog, Story of a Hijabi, to change the narrative about Muslims, women, and people of color
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Nan Stoops
Nan Stoops dedicated her life to anti-violence, having been an advocate and organizer for more than forty years.
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.
Karen Troianello
Lead plaintiff in a lawsuit for equal treatment for women athletes in the US
Kathleen Hebert
Kathleen Hebert is a water conservationist and tidepool expert. In 2003, she left her position as Vice President of Microsoft to devote her life to environmentalism and conservation.
Julie Shayne
Whether she is at our nation’s capitol acting as a National Student Coordinator, speaking at the National Women’s Studies Association, publishing books that shed light on the injustices present within society or teaching classes under the major Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies that she helped create, Julie Shayne is always working to empower the marginalized.
Kathleen Hanna
American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer