Diane Nash
American civil rights activist
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
Irish trade unionist
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.