Politics Archives - Page 27 of 62

Hilde Radusch

German political activist engaged in anti-fascist resistance.

Hazrat Mahal

Begum of Awadh, regent 1857–1858, known for leading a rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Mary Burke

Committed supporter of Queen Elizabeth who fought for her sons

Bertha Lutz

Notable Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat and played a key role in the Pan-American feminist and human rights movements. Her efforts were crucial in achieving women’s suffrage in Brazil.

Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai

Vietnamese revolutionary leader within the Indochinese Communist Party during the 1930s.

Jeannette Rankin

In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.

Ramona Bennett

American Puyallup leader and advocate whose indomitable spirit ignited the 1960s and 1970s Fish Wars in the US Pacific Northwest.

American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist. Her notable works include “Stone Butch Blues” (1993) and “Transgender Warriors” (1996), which played a significant role in gender studies.

Lilly Becher

German writer, journalist, and committed communist activist known for being one of the first anti-Nazi authors who documented the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany during the 1930s.