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Donna LaVonne Franklin is an African-American social scientist and author, and a nationally recognized scholar on African American families. Franklin was...

May Seaton-Tiedeman (born May Louise Seaton; 16 August 1862 – 22 October 1948) was a prominent American-born campaigner in Britain for divorce law reform...

Judith Noemí Freidenberg is an Argentine writer, professor and anthropologist. She lives in the United States. University of Maryland: Department of Anthropology...

Deborah M. Axelrod is an American surgeon who specializes in breast cancer. Axelrod earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at University of Pennsylvania...

Lynne Bowker (born 1969) FRSC is a Canadian linguist. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Translation, Technologies, and Society at Université Laval...

Mattie "Bub" Rotenberg (née Levi; 1897–1989) was a Jewish Canadian woman who was the first woman and the first Jew to earn a PhD in physics from the University...

Lola Odelola is a software engineer and campaigner recognised for her work to promote diversity in technology. She is the founder of Blackgirl.tech, a...

Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit. He later painted seascapes,...

Militsa Vladimirovna Zyornova, née Lavrova (17 August 1899, Tbilisi – 3 February 1994, Oxford) was a Doctor of Medicine, dentist, religious figure, icon...

Djiré Massourata (born November 11, 1984) is an Ivorian female professional basketball player. Equipe nationale de Basket v t e...

Amália Maria Alexandre is an Angolan politician for the MPLA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola. She is the coordinator of the monitoring...

Miguel João de Andrade Hurst (born 6 June 1967), popularly as Miguel Hurst, is an Angolan actor and director of German and Portuguese descent. He is best...

Beginning to See the Light is an essay collection by critic Ellen Willis. Originally published by Knopf in 1981 as Beginning to See the Light: Pieces of...

Mariam Dahir is a Somali doctor, researcher and anti-female genital mutilation activist. She is part of the small team that drafted the proposed law against...

Titus Brian Ahumuza, commonly known as Abryanz, is a Ugandan fashion designer. Abryanz was born in Masindi on 1 November 1990. He studied at Asaba Primary...

Fabienne Dervain is the CEO of Couleur Cafe, a coffee business in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire previously owned by her mother. Fabienne Dervain was born in Abidjan...

Sylvia Yu Friedman is a Hong Kong-based Canadian author, journalist, film-maker, philanthropy adviser and anti-slavery campaigner. She is best known for...

Pauline Kruetzfeldt (January 12, 1890 – October 29, 1960) was a New York-based illustrator and painter. Kruetzfeldt was born January 12, 1890, in Holstein...

Zhang Xiantu (1926 – 2015) was a Chinese women's rights activist. Xiantu was a former comfort woman; together with Wan Aihua, they were the first in China...

Sizzix is the brand name of a product range of home die-cutting machines and embossing machines manufactured by Ellison. The machines are used for cutting...