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Sue Salthouse

Australian human rights and disability rights activist

As one of the first female veterans elected to the Senate, Senator Ladda Tammy Duckworth has been a tireless advocate for veterans and new mothers. A Purple Heart recipient, Senator Duckworth has never let her use of a wheelchair slow her down.

Alice Wong

Alice Wong is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community that fosters and amplifies disability media and culture. A Chinese-American activist and writer, Wong fights for access and representation for people with disabilities from all backgrounds.

Gloria Rawlinson

New Zealand poet, novelist, short-story writer and editor

Joan Horan

Irish paralympian

Rosa May Billinghurst

British suffragist

Eleanor Butler

Irish senator, social campaigner, and architect

Aileen Mary Stace

Aileen Stace kept the craft of spinning popular by arranging demonstrations and exhibitions, both in her own spinning room and at public venues; the last exhibition she organised and minded took place in 1972.

Rhonda Louise Galbally

In addition to her work as a disability activist, Rhonda Galbally has been outspoken in health and social causes such as tobacco companies’ sponsorship of sport.

Louise A Bertin

French poet and composer