Sister Marjorie Tuite, O.P. was a Catholic feminist nun who fought for gender equality, especially within the Catholic Church. Tuite was a longtime activist in the broader struggle for civil rights. She was fiercely committed to her church and worked for several decades to make it more inclusive.
Sister Margaret Traxler was a Catholic feminist nun and a civil rights activist who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the famous march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. She was also an important supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment as well as a co-founder of the National Coalition of American Nuns, an important feminist organization for religious women in the United States.
American civil rights activist
Emma Tenayuca was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led strikes by women workers in Texas in the 1930s.
Irish peace and reconciliation activist
Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist.
Czech-American biochemist who, in 1947, became the third woman to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Irish cartoonist and republican
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was a key figure in the Kennedy family, known for her philanthropy. She founded the Special Olympics, a sports organization for those with physical and intellectual disabilities, earning her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 for her dedicated efforts.
Irish historian and political activist