Emily White
Emily White made a significant contribution to community and horticultural life in New Zealand, and was her adopted country’s first woman gardening author of note.
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Jeanne de Clisson
Known as the Lioness of Brittany, Jeanne turned to piracy to avenge her husband, who the French king had had executed for treason.
Carol June Young Specht
Carol June Young Specht was a Past President of the local League of Women Voters, President of Women Against Rape (WAR), and co-founder of the Coles County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She advocated with a passion for victims of rape and domestic violence during the mid-twentieth century.
Gráinne O’Malley
Irish noblewoman and sea captain
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and teacher
Brede Arkless
Irish rock climber and mountain guide
Emmeline Pankhurst
Lader of the militant wing of the English suffrage movement.
Alva Belmont
American philanthropist and woman suffrage leader
Sayyida al Hurra
Moroccan pirate and ruler of Tetouan.
Dr Betty Shabazz
Educator and civil rights activist Dr Betty Shabazz was the wife, and later widow, of Malcolm X.