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Portrait Highlight - Ida B Wells American journalist, educator and civil rights leader

Jul 16, 202112 min read

Portrait Highlight - Ida B Wells American journalist, educator and civil rights leader

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931) American investigative journalist, educator, & an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was...

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Portrait Highlight - Emmeline Pankhurst Political activist, founder & leader of the WSPU

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Jul 15, 202112 min read

Portrait Highlight - Emmeline Pankhurst Political activist, founder & leader of the WSPU

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) British political activist and founder and leader of the British suffragette movement (WSPU) Emmeline...

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Portrait Highlight - Sarah Parker Remond - African American abolitionist, lecturer & physician

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Jun 6, 20218 min read

Portrait Highlight - Sarah Parker Remond - African American abolitionist, lecturer & physician

Sarah Parker Remond (1826 - 1894) African American slavery abolitionist, lecturer and physician. Born free in Salem, Massachusetts to...

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Portrait Highlight - Wu Chien-Shiung - Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist

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May 31, 20219 min read

Portrait Highlight - Wu Chien-Shiung - Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist

Wu Chien-Shiung (吳健雄; May 31st, 1912 – February 16th, 1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made...

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Portrait Highlight - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia - campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand

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May 22, 20214 min read

Portrait Highlight - Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia - campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand

Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (22 May 1868 – 10 October 1920) was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired...

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Portrait Highlight - Ichikawa Fusae - Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader

Amy Hood

May 15, 202110 min read

Portrait Highlight - Ichikawa Fusae - Japanese feminist, politician and women's suffrage leader

Ichikawa Fusae (市川房枝, May 15, 1893 – February 11, 1981) was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage...

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Portrait Highlight - Sylvia Pankhurst - English artist, suffragette, and anti-fascist activist

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May 5, 20216 min read

Portrait Highlight - Sylvia Pankhurst - English artist, suffragette, and anti-fascist activist

Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 - 1960) English artist, campaigner for the suffragette movement, prominent left communist and anti-fascist...

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Portrait Highlight - Billie Holiday - American jazz and swing singer

Amy Hood

Apr 7, 20215 min read

Portrait Highlight - Billie Holiday - American jazz and swing singer

Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) [Eleanora Fagan] was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music...

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Portrait Highlight - Aretha Franklin - American singer, actress, and civil rights activist

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Mar 25, 20215 min read

Portrait Highlight - Aretha Franklin - American singer, actress, and civil rights activist

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights...

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Portrait Highlight - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Mar 15, 20215 min read

Portrait Highlight - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) American lawyer and jurist, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...

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Portrait Highlight - Sarojini Naidu - Indian political activist and poet

Amy Hood

Feb 13, 20213 min read

Portrait Highlight - Sarojini Naidu - Indian political activist and poet

Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay 13th February 1879 – 2nd March 1949) Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights,...

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Portrait Highlight - Una Marson - Jamaican Feminist, Activist and Writer

Amy Hood

Feb 6, 20215 min read

Portrait Highlight - Una Marson - Jamaican Feminist, Activist and Writer

Black History Month Una Marson (6th February 1905 - 6th May 1965) Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and...

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