Victoria Earle Matthews
A writer, activist, club woman, and social worker, Victoria Earle Matthews dedicated herself to community uplift, civil rights, and helping others.
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Almeda C Adams
ADAMS, ALMEDA C. (February 26, 1865-September 8, 1949) overcame sightlessness to help found the Cleveland Music School Settlement and achieved a long career as a teacher, author, and lecturer.
Paula Kassell
Paula Kassell (b.1917) founded and edited New Directions for Women in New Jersey, the first feminist publication in the country.
Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O’Connor is considered one of America’s greatest fiction writers and one of the strongest apologists for Roman Catholicism in the twentieth century.
Dr Jill Ker Conway
Australian-American scholar and author and the first woman to chair a listed public company in Australia.
Suni Paz
Suni Paz was one of the first artists to bring the nueva canción tradition—the “new song” music of the 1960s and 1970s—to North American audiences. For more than half of a century, her work as an American songwriter and performer of Latin American folk music has resonated as a cultural force, engaging people of all backgrounds and ages.
Susan Paul
Through her actions and teachings, educator Susan Paul instilled in her students a commitment to social justice, action, and change.
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (b.1938) is an award-winning author
Pauline Hillaire
Artist, teacher, native-arts conservator, author and storyteller, Pauline Hillaire worked to carry on the heritage of Washington’s Lummi Nation and was one of the most knowledgeable living resources of the Northwest Coast’s arts and culture.
Anne Gregg
Northern Irish broadcaster and travel writer