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Anna "Annie" Clemenc
Michigan labor activist who rallied workers and fought against capitalists so that laborers could sit at the bargaining table
Claudette Colvin
At the age of 15, she tried to integrate the bus system and break down segregation
Daisy Bates
A lead activist in the desegregation of Little Rock high school
Dolores Huerta
Labor activist whose work creating the United Farm Workers Union gave a disenfranchised group of laborers a voice in work relations
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fought for voting rights for African Americans and led change through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and her Congressional testimony
Ida Wells-Barnett
Female editor and inspiration for the anti-lynching campaign of the NAACP
Jane Addams
Progressive-era reformer who sought to change society through education, labor legislation, and social work
Malala Yousafzai
Young woman who works to educate girls in Pakistan
Margaret Sanger
Nurse who risked her freedom to open birth control clinics and laid the path for reproductive rights
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Renowned labor activist who worked to improve working conditions for men and women