Estella Benavides
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
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Maria Figueroa
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
Guadalupe Acosta
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
Jovita Rivera
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
Consuelo Hermosillo
Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women
Dr Audrey Forbes Manley
Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley was the first African American woman to achieve the rank of Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral).
Frankie Muse Freeman
Lesser known than some of the national civil rights leaders, she took her own protests to the American courtrooms, arguing against racial discrimination and “Jim Crow” laws and became the first woman on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Evelyn G Lowery
Evelyn Gibson Lowery has been both foot soldier and leader at pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
Áine Hardiman
Dominican nun, community activist and anti-apartheid campaigner
Diane Nash
American civil rights activist