Cora Reynolds Anderson
She organized the first public health service in Baraga County, bringing the first public health nurse to the region.
She organized the first public health service in Baraga County, bringing the first public health nurse to the region.
Irish politician and journalist
Irish republican activist
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.
US congresswoman (1942-1946), ambassador, playwright, socialite, and war reporter
During many years of public service, Gill devoted herself to providing community services in Palmerston North, particularly for those who most needed them.
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.
In 1975, Dr. Ethel Allen became the first African American councilwoman elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council.
Mohawk leader in British New York and Upper Canada in the 1700s
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.