Annie Kriegel

During WWII, Annie Kriegel joined a Communist Resistance group at age fifteen because no other groups would admit a member so young.

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Susan Walker Fitzgerald

The first woman Democrat elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature. Having worked actively in the statewide suffrage campaign, she was elected in 1922 and served one term.

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Pilar Careaga

Maria del Pilar Careaga is considered to have been Spain’s first female industrial engineer, but she also went on to have a significant political career, using her position to advance women’s opportunities, including the first women in Bilbao’s police force.

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Théroigne de Méricourt

A prosperous peasant who was inspired by the ideals of the Revolution, she found herself in Paris right before the fall of the Bastille. Having had numerous lovers and suffered the death of a child, she felt compelled to fight for the downtrodden.

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