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Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress

1800s owner and operator of a dance hall in Death Valley called Waterfall Dance House or “Madam Moore’s.”

Emma Tenayuca was a Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who led strikes by women workers in Texas in the 1930s.

One of the most successful botanists and female plant collectors of her time; she did not begin her career until she was 55 years old.

Prominent African-American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist

Pioneering Canadian computer scientist.

Prominent Mexican ballet choreographer renowned for founding the Ballet Folklórico de México.