Eslanda Robeson
A staunch opponent of injustice, Eslanda found her intellectual community and political point of view in New York, where she was located in history on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance and the end of the Bolshevik revolution.
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Frona Eunice Wait
American journalist
Catherine II of Russia
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
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.
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Sierra Leone activist, teacher and fiction writer Adelaide Casely-Hayford advocated for the Creole community, cultural nationalism, feminism and education for women and girls.
Aagje Deken
Dutch novelist
Marija Pečkauskaitė
Lithuanian writer (pen name “Satrijos Ragana”) best known for her children’s books.
Zuhra Karim
Pakistani-British journalist and magazine founder/editor
Fátima de Madrid
Astronomer and writer
Lois Weber
Lois Weber was the leading female director-screenwriter in early Hollywood.