Lesbia Venner Harford
Australian poet
Australian poet
Irish human rights lawyer
American poet, journalist, and disability rights activist. Known for her powerful writing and advocacy, she explored themes of disability, identity, and social justice.
Eleanor Abbott created the game Candy Land while she was recovering from polio
Prominent Jewish German-American paleontologist.
American author, poet, and activist whose most famous work, “The Color Purple,” published in 1982, is a seminal novel in American literature, known for its powerful portrayal of African American women’s lives in the early 20th century South.
Nobel Prize-winning British chemist renowned for her work in X-ray crystallography.
Countess of Antrim , sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator
Ruler of the Jaga of what is now Angola.
Using photography as a tool for the empowerment of her community, Laura Aguilar provided new possibilities for the depictions of subjects and bodies that had traditionally been excluded from art history.