Amalia Hernández
Prominent Mexican ballet choreographer renowned for founding the Ballet Folklórico de México.
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Dr María Ruiz
Distinguished Chilean astronomer; the first woman to receive Chile’s National Prize for Exact Sciences, the first female astrophysics doctorate from Princeton University, and the first woman president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
Luisa Capetillo
Iconic figure in Puerto Rico’s labor history. An anarchist writer and relentless activist, she championed labor rights, women’s empowerment, free love, and human emancipation.
Tamara Bunke
Jewish Argentine revolutionary and guerilla fighter
Myrna Mack
Myrna Mack Chang was a respected Guatemalan anthropologist who was stabbed to death in 1990 by members of the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the government’s treatment of the indigenous Maya and human rights abuses.
Dr Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart was a Mexican-American researcher renowned for her pioneering work in viral oncology research. She was the first to demonstrate the transmission of cancer-causing viruses from one animal to another.
Gregoria Apaza
Gregoria Apaza was an indigenous Aymara/Aimara leader in Bolivia. In 1781, she, along with her brother Julian Apaza (Tupac Katari) and sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa, played key roles in the indigenous uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. They besieged La Paz and Sorata but were defeated and executed.
Ietje Paalman-de Miranda
Suriname-born Dutch mathematician and the first female professor of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.
Amelia Denis de Icaza
Amelia Denis de Icaza was a prominent Panamanian Romantic poet. She holds the distinction of being the first woman to publish her verses in Panama.
Dora de Acuña
Dora Gómez Bueno de Acuña was a multifaceted personality—a poet, educator, journalist, and radio actress. She acquired her education at the Escuela Normal de Asunción, graduating as a teacher.