Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida
Angola’s “Mother of the Revolution”, Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida had many roles throughout her short life: nationalist, militant, writer, poet and translator, teacher and radio host.
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Francisca Fernández-Hall
Guatemalan engineer and diplomat Francisca Fernández-Hall Zúñiga was the first woman to graduate from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the first woman to earn an engineering degree in Central America, the first woman to be accepted and attend the Instituto Militar de Engenharia of Brazil, and Guatemala’s first female ambassador.
Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
A member of the Mexican elite who fought for independence.
Annie Kenney
British suffragist
Anne Page
Anne Barbara Page, who graduated from the London School of Economics in 1912 with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and went on to work as private secretary for Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, a Conservative Party Chairman and LSE Chair of Governors from 1916-1935.
Beatrice Serota
British politician and social reformer
Caroline Townshend
British stained glass artist and suffragist
Ruth Cavendish Bentinck
Founder of the Cavendish Bentinck Library, Ruth was involved with the National Federation of Women Workers and the Fabian Society. She was also a keen supporter of the women’s suffrage movement.
Maureen Colquhoun
Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North
Eugenia Charles
Dominica’s first female prime minister