Lucy Burns
American suffragist
American suffragist
Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Irish journalist, broadcaster, and activist
Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader
New Zealand labour activist, community worker and feminist
Consort of the Emperor Theodosius II of Byzantium, poet, philanthropist.
Esteemed Chinese empress who dedicated her life to serving as a stabilizing force and wise advisor within the imperial court.
Prominent African-American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist
Irish republican
British politician and President of the British Committee of UNICEF, later serving as the Labour Party’s spokesperson on home affairs, consumer affairs and overseas development.