Rebels: Mitsuye Endo
Mitsuye Endo (1920-2006) was detained for being of Japanese descent during World War II. She became the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case which was uniquely successful in challenging the mass imp...
23 Jan 20236min
Rebels: Kathleen Lynn
Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955) fought for her own right to practice medicine, and fought for her peoples’ right to self-govern.You’re probably familiar with rebels without a cause, but what about rebels wi...
20 Jan 20236min
Rebels: Judith Heumann
Judith Heumann (1947-present) opened the door for millions of Americans to gain better accessibility to everyday life. She’s known as the mother of the disability rights movement. You’re probably fami...
19 Jan 20238min
Rebels: Inji Efflatoun
Inji Efflatoun (1924-1989) was an Egyptian feminist activist and pioneering artist. She used her surrealist paintings to highlight the cruelty of an autocratic government, even when she was being held...
18 Jan 20236min
Rebels: Gertrude Benham
Gertrude Benham (1867-1938) was a world traveler and master mountaineer who scaled over 300 mountains in her lifetimeYou’re probably familiar with rebels without a cause, but what about rebels with a ...
17 Jan 20237min
Rebels: Forugh Farrokhzad
Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) rejected patriarchal assumptions of womanhood through her poetry. In her revolutionary and controversial work, she expressed the emotions and experiences that women were ...
16 Jan 20236min
Rebels: Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley (1859-1932) refused to accept the terrible working conditions of her time. Her reforms completely changed the exploitative status quo and drastically shaped the world we live in today....
13 Jan 20235min
Rebels: Eva Kotchever
Eva Kotchever (1891-1943) wrote one of the earliest books of American lesbian literature. She was an openly gay Jewish immigrant woman in America when homophobic, anti-Semitic, and anti-immigrant sent...
12 Jan 20236min
