Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe
Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was crowned as Queen Consort of Tonga on 4th July 1967.
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Annie Dodge Wauneka
Navajo leader and activist
E Pauline Johnson
Native American author and poet
Litia Samanunu
Wife of the Fijian Ratu (chief) Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Adi (female chief) Litia was the daughter of Turaga na Roko Tui Bau, the leader of the Kubuna Confederacy on the Fijian island of Bau.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican writer and poet
La Malinche
Translator for Hernan Cortes
Zitkala-Ša
Zitkála-Šá (“Red Bird”), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American musician, writer and activist who fought for women’s suffrage and Indigenous voting rights in the early 20th century. Her writings and activism led to citizenship and voting rights for not only women, but all Indigenous people.
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader who fought for Bolivian independence, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was known for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Bolivia, then called Upper Peru.
Agnes TuiSamoa
Agnes TuiSamoa spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born children.
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most well-known Black female writers and playwrights of her time. Known for writing most about love and womanhood, Douglas Johnson’s published works touched many and were featured in the most widely-read Black publications of the twentieth century.