Suzy Favor Hamilton
Suzy Favor Hamilton is a record-breaking runner, a three-time Olympic athlete, and a vocal advocate for mental health.
Favor Hamilton, Suzy
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Crenshaw, Kimberlé
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leader in critical race theory, introduced the term intersectionality to describe the multiple ways people can be oppressed.
Hansberry, Lorraine
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry's first Broadway play, A Raisin in the Sun, changed how Black people's lives were shown in American theater.
Gordon, Ann D.
Ann D. Gordon
A student activist in the 1960s, Ann D. Gordon became a history professor and an important scholar of women’s suffrage in the U.S.
Herrera, Anita
Anita Herrera
Anita Herrera grew up in a family of migrant farm workers and devoted her career to improving education, employment, and living conditions for people of color in Wisconsin.
Villarreal, Ramona
Ramona Villarreal
Ramona Villarreal is a Mexican American activist who has devoted her life to fighting for equality and justice for people with Mexican/Latinx heritage in Wisconsin.
Conroy, Catherine
Catherine Conroy
Catherine Conroy was a founding member of both the National Organization for Women and the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
Wilson, Nellie
Nellie Wilson
Nellie Wilson spent her life fighting for employment opportunities for women and was the first African American woman to hold a leadership position in her local steelworkers union.
Thom, Doris
Doris Thom
Doris Thom, who helped open higher-paying jobs to women in Wisconsin, was the first woman to hold leadership positions in her local labor unions.
Colby, Clara Bewick
Clara Bewick Colby
Clara Bewick Colby, a prominent suffragist, orator, and journalist, started a newspaper called the WOMAN’S TRIBUNE.