At the turn of the twentieth century, Evangeline Whipple used her wealth to improve the lives of women, people of color, and the poor. She supported social justice for Native Americans in Minnesota, for African Americans in Florida, and for villagers and World War I refugees in Bagni di Lucca, Italy.
Belgian singer
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Early 1900s Australian mechanic and garage owner
Dr. S. Josephine Baker became the first director of the New York City Bureau of Child Hygiene, the first such bureau in the country, in 1908. In 1917, she was the first woman to earn a doctorate in public health from the New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
Dr. Connie Myers Guion was the first woman in the United States to be named professor of clinical medicine in 1946. She founded Cornell Pay Clinic, which greatly improved outpatient care in New York, and devised a new curriculum for training clinicians.
Monyee Chau is a queer second generation immigrant artist
Nicolle Swims is a Black, Queer and Nonbinary musician who is the guitarist and vocalist of local Seattle gunk-pop band Black Ends
Heather Purser fought for legalizing same-sex marriage within the Suquamish Tribe.
Jaiden Grayson is an artist, musician, and compassionate activist.