Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
American labor leader, activist, and feminist. Flynn played a key role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Elizabeth Holtzman
American lawyer and politician. Holtzman served in the United States House of Representatives for New York’s 16th district from 1973 to 1981. She was also Kings County’s district attorney from 1982 to 1989 and New York City’s 40th Comptroller from 1990 to 1993.
Helen Laird
Irish actress, costumier, teacher, and feminist
Xiang Jingyu
Ttrailblazing figure in the early history of the Chinese Communist Party and a pioneering force in the women’s rights movement in China.
Teresa Wilms Montt
Chilean writer and poet known for her anarcha-feminist beliefs.
Marcella LeBeau
Prominent Lakota woman celebrated for her service as a nurse and military veteran.
Ageltrude
Empress and Queen of Italy in the late 800s
Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
Belgian educationalist, feminist, and politician.
Lin Ostrom
Nobel-winning American political scientist and economist.
Fukuda Hideko
Prominent Japanese feminist activist devoted to socialist and feminist causes.