Bishop Barbara Lewis King, affectionately called Dr. Barbara, is the Founder/Minister of the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, she became the first female to be enstooled as a Chief at Assin Nsuta, Ghana, West Africa.
Irish-English writer, feminist, and art historian
Dominican nun, community activist and anti-apartheid campaigner
Massachusetts’ first woman Commissioner of Public Health, as well as its youngest, where she established the US’s first Violence Prevention Office at a state health department.
Nicaraguan immigrant who fought for – and won – asylum rights
WWII military pilot active in the fight for veteran status for the WASPs and the first WASP to be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1988, Dr. Barbara Barlow founded the Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
Important figure in the development of paediatrics in New Zealand
Hawaiian royal
Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.