Ingrid Washinawatok (1957-1999) took on the federal government in order to reinstate recognition for Indigenous rights. Women’s...

Heloise Brainerd (1881-1969) spent her life fighting for Latin American women to be brought into the fold of peace activism....

Hedy Epstein (1924-2016) used her second chance at life to speak up against the injustices she saw in the world as a civil...

Gladys Marín (1941-2005) was a powerful opponent of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and his oppressive regime. Despite the...

Luz Marina Bernal (1960-present) organized mothers to confront a corrupt government. Her own experience fighting for justice...

Ethel Snowden (1881-1951) was a suffragist and social reformer, with a self-made political philosophy that put feminism front...

Doria Shafik (1908-1975) was one of the most important feminists in the Arab world. But for years, her name was left out of the...

Darlene Keju (1951-1996) fought against nuclear warfare, after learning that her own homeland had been secretly used as a...

Dagmar Wilson (1916-2011) mobilized women across the world to take a stand against nuclear war. Her organizing was instrumental...