Bonus: Dorothy Vaughan

Ela Bhatt (1933-2022) was an activist and organizer who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA), which serves primarily low-income women across India. She went on to become an in...

14 Aug 20255min

Sue Ko Lee (1910-1996) was a labor organizer who participated in one of the longest strikes in the history of San Francisco's Chinatown. She and other garment workers joined forces with a white-led un...

13 Aug 20256min

Carrie Crawford Smith (1877-1954) placed hundreds of fellow Black women in jobs in and around Chicago through her employment agency. In an era when Black women faced intense discrimination and negativ...

12 Aug 20255min

Hiratsuka Raichō (1886-1971) was a Japanese feminist and social reformer, who founded a literary magazine by and for women. After becoming a mother, she became an advocate for working women in Japan, ...

11 Aug 20258min

Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) was a prominent German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. She played a pivotal role in the early socialist and communist movements, particularly in c...

8 Aug 20257min

Irene Fernandez (1946-2014) was a Malaysian human rights activist. She co-founded Tenaganita, a non-governmental organization that promotes the rights of migrant workers. When she raised the alarm abo...

7 Aug 20256min

Laudelina de Campos Melo (1904-1991) was a labor organizer in Brazil. She fought for the dignity of Black domestic workers during a time when they were seen as second-class citizens and afforded littl...

6 Aug 20256min

Madame Nwanyeruwa (c. 1920s) organized the Aba Women's War, a revolt staged by Nigerian women against colonial taxation. Her actions helped ignite a movement that eventually led to the fight for indep...

5 Aug 20258min