Dr Yvette Roubideaux

Yvette Roubideaux, M.D., a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, served as director of the Indian Health Service and a senior adviser to the Health and Human Services Secretary for American Indians and Alaska Natives during the Obama Administration.

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Zillah Smith Gill

During many years of public service, Gill devoted herself to providing community services in Palmerston North, particularly for those who most needed them.

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Nancy Cook

Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.

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Dr Ethel Allen

In 1975, Dr. Ethel Allen became the first African American councilwoman elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council.

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Waitohi

Waitohi was a leader in her own right, an influential voice in the deliberations of her people, one whose views were heeded by Te Rauparaha during the troubled times of the southward migration and the resettlement that followed it.

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