Tove Jansson
Finnish author, artist, and illustrator whose most famous works are the children’s novels in the Moomin series
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Alice Walker
American author, poet, and activist whose most famous work, “The Color Purple,” published in 1982, is a seminal novel in American literature, known for its powerful portrayal of African American women’s lives in the early 20th century South.
Mabel Hampton
American lesbian activist and dancer during the Harlem Renaissance who played a vital role in Black and LGBTQ+ organizations, most notably the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Anne Lister
English diarist known for being recognized as “the first modern lesbian.”
Hilde Radusch
German political activist engaged in anti-fascist resistance.
Gladys Bentley
American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.
Jeannette Rankin
In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.
Leslie Feinberg
American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist. Her notable works include “Stone Butch Blues” (1993) and “Transgender Warriors” (1996), which played a significant role in gender studies.
Alice Ramsey
The first woman to drive a car across the United States from coast to coast, in 1909
Eglantyne Jebb
British social reformer who founded the Save the Children organisation at the end of World War I