Sanae Kawaguchi
Versatile Nisei performer and literary artist who made her mark in mainstream circles in New York during the postwar era.
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Conchi León
Mexican playwright, actress and literary theatre critic
Dr Claudia Albarrán
Mexican researcher, professor, essayist and literary critic
Nirvana Paz
Mexican writer and photographer
Dr Yolanda Zamora
Mexican writer and journalist
Tununa Mercado
Argentine researcher and writer
Yoshiko Uchida
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–92) was an award-winning writer of children’s books, all of which are based on aspects of Japanese and Japanese American history and culture.
Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple
At the turn of the twentieth century, Evangeline Whipple used her wealth to improve the lives of women, people of color, and the poor. She supported social justice for Native Americans in Minnesota, for African Americans in Florida, and for villagers and World War I refugees in Bagni di Lucca, Italy.
Benedicta Riepp
Mother Benedicta (Sybilla) Riepp was the founder of the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in North America. By 1946, Saint Benedict’s Monastery was the largest community of Benedictine Sisters in the world.
Dr Cora Johnstone Best
Minneapolis-born Cora Johnstone Best achieved international success as a mountaineer during the 1920s. She was a pioneer in the sport, becoming a licensed guide at a time when women were rarely given the opportunity to be lead climbers.