Women · By cause
A collection · 3 women · 2 countries

African women who fought for healthcare rights

3 women in the archive worked for healthcare rights. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it.

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Portrait of Albertina Sisulu, South Africa
Modern · South Africa · 1918–2011Albertina SisuluSouth African anti-apartheid activist and nurse who kept the resistance alive while her husband Walter Sisulu was…
Portrait of Aoua Keita, MaliIndependence
Aoua KeitaMali · 1912–1980
Portrait of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South AfricaContemporary
Nkosazana Dlamini-ZumaSouth Africa · 1949–present
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Portrait of Albertina Sisulu
Albertina Sisulu South Africa · 1918–2011
Portrait of Aoua Keita
Aoua Keita Mali · 1912–1980
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Portrait of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma South Africa · 1949–present
Other causes
Women's rights48 women Education32 women Women's leadership31 women Human rights19 women Political leadership17 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women