Yolanda Padilla
Dr. Yolanda Padilla is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell.
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Dr Nettie Craig Asberry
African-American suffragist and civil rights activist
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.
Dr Janelle M Silva
Dr. Janelle M. Silva has dedicated years of activism in the classroom to teaching students of all ages about power and social structures in the Pacific Northwest.
Juanita Lewis Russell
Juanita Lewis Russell was an African American activist, artist, poet and teacher
Carrie Shaw Rice
Carrie Shaw Rice was a pioneering educator, poet, and author who helped broaden the role of women in education in the early years of Tacoma, Washington.
Catherine Montgomery
Canadian-American suffragist, philanthropist, founding faculty member, environmentalist, leader of the women’s club movement in the 1890’s and a 1920 Democratic candidate for state superintendent.
Guela Gayton Johnson
Guela Gayton Johnson fearlessly fought for racial and social justice in Seattle.
Bernadette Bascom
American R&B singer and music education program founder
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, a fearless and determined advocate for education, has demonstrated that the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance against injustice.