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Emma Tenayuca

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

Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin

American suffragist and writer

Lucy Parsons

Prominent African-American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist

Maria Quitéria de Jesus

1800s Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine

Rafaela Herrera

National heroine of Nicaragua who defended the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception against the British forces during the Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua in 1762.

Dorotea de Chopitea

Spanish philanthropist and social figure, renowned for her charitable work and influence in Barcelona during the 19th century.

Juana Alarco de Dammert

Peruvian philanthropist and benefactor, especially renowned for her dedication to children’s welfare.

Peruvian writer and feminist active in the early 20th-century feminist movement in South America and recognized for her contributions to Peruvian literature, particularly through her novels and essays.