Sarah Weddington (1945-2021) argued Roe V. Wade in front of the Supreme Court. Her dedication to reproductive justice led to one...

With a librarian mother and a physician father, YY was brought up in a supportive, educated, and prosperous Black enclave of...

Henrietta Wood (c. 1818-1912) won the largest verdict ever awarded for slavery reparations in the United States. This month,...

Emily Davison (1872-1913) was an English suffragette. She was militant – and at times reckless – when fighting for the cause....

Irena Sendler (1910-2008) smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during Nazi rule. This month, we’re...

Qiu Jin (1875-1907) is sometimes called “China’s Joan of Arc.” This feminist poet and warrior defied tradition to become a...

Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) is widely considered to be the mother of the American women’s suffrage movement. At a time when...

Marthe McKenna (1892-c. 1966) was, by day, a Belgian combat nurse during World War I, caring for German soldiers. By night, she...

Dolores Ibárruri (1895-1989) was a fiery leftist activist during the Spanish Civil War, and best known by her battle name, “La...