Hayati binti Mohd Salleh
Hayati binti Mohd Salleh was the first female Attorney General of Brunei and the first female High Court Judge in the Supreme Court of Brunei.
Hayati binti Mohd Salleh was the first female Attorney General of Brunei and the first female High Court Judge in the Supreme Court of Brunei.
Irish publicist and campaigner
Irish-New Zealand servant accused of crimes by her employer, leading to a public uproar in her defense
Victorian English feminist and social reformer who campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution, and an end to human trafficking of young women and children into European prostitution.
Committed feminist and an advocate for women, children, the poor, and the elderly in the US.
Irish barrister and politician
Irish printer, stationer, and ‘bookseller to the courts of law’ in the 1700s
Irish barrister and civil rights activist
Spanish publicist and social worker
Eleanor Holmes Norton was the first woman appointed to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and continues to fight for DC statehood in her third decade as a congresswoman.