Huda Sha’arawi

Pioneering Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist who founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, becoming a central figure in Egypt’s early feminist movement.

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Maria

Maria was a slave and possibly the leader of a 1716 slave rebellion on CuraƧao in the Dutch West Indies in 1716.

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Sonia Sanchez

American poet, writer, and teacher who played a pivotal role in the Black Arts Movement and authored more than a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children’s books.

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Susie King Taylor

The first Black nurse during the American Civil War. Beyond nursing the wounded of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, she became the earliest African-American woman to self-publish her memoirs.

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