Women’s issues/topics
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar (1966- )
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar is a Sahrawi human rights activist and a supporter of the independence of Western Sahara. Haidar...
The Golden 14 (1918-1919)
The Golden 14 were the first Black women to muster into the United States Navy. First recognized by scholar Kelly...
Rose Kanyange Kabuye (1961- )
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rose Kanyange Kabuye rose to the highest rank in the Rwandan Army. She was also an advocate...
Black Women and the Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Act (1869- )
Fifty years before the 19th Amendment was passed, Wyoming legislators enacted the Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Act in 1869. The bill...
Joanne Marie Anderson (1971- )
Joanne Marie Anderson is the first woman of color to win election as mayor of a major city the United...
Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards (1875-1972)
Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards, a journalist and suffragist, was the first African American woman magazine publisher in Nebraska. Edwards was...
Elvi Gray-Jackson (1953- )
Elvi Gray-Jackson is the second African American woman elected to the Alaska state senate and the first African American to...
Florinda Soriano Muñoz (Mamá Tingó) (1921-1974)Â
Florinda Soriano Muñoz, also known as Mamá Tingó, was an Afro-Latina female activist for farmers’ rights within the Dominican Republic...
Leith P. Mullings (1945-2020)
Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings was an anthropologist, author, and professor. She is one of triplets with Pauline Mullings and Sandra...
