Women You’ve Never Heard Of
Women you’ve (probably – depending on your exposure) never heard of. Work in progress!
Vera Atkins – British Spy Master
Michelle Bachelet – First woman to be Chile’s president. Current.
Majora Carter – Environmental Activist/Leader in sustainability/Activist for human rights.
Shirley Chisholm
Anna J. Cooper – An early African American scholar.
Angela Davis
Phoolan Devi – “The Bandit Queen”
Rosalind Franklin – Scientist. Her research is the foundation of the “Watson and Crick” DNA discovery. “Franklin, Watson and Crick”?
Coco Fusco – Author and Artist
Artemisia Gentileschi – Italian painter
Emma Goldman
Fannie Lou Hamer – Community Organizer and Civil Rights Activist
Lavena Johnson
Lolita Lebron – Leader of Puerto Rican nationalists, advocate of Puerto Rico’s independence.
Wangari Maathai – Environmental Activist/Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Mercury 13 – The first group of women trained to be astronauts.
Grainne O’Malley – Irish pirate
Vandana Shiva – Anti-globalization activist.
Mary Church Terrell – Women’s and Civil Rights activist.
Diana Washington Valdez – Investigative reporter working on the Juarez femicide.
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