Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006) was an American writer, activist and feminist.

A leading figure in the "Second Wave" of the U.S. Women's Movement, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is sometimes credited with sparking the "second wave" of feminism.

Zainah Anwar’s great grandfather, an Islamic scholar who divided his time between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, married an Abyssinian slave girl he bought in Mecca.

Her grandfather had a total of seven wives (not all at the same time).

Maria Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American author and television journalist. She is a native of New York and attended New York University.

She worked at CNN for five years before joining CNBC television where she became the co-host of the Closing Bell program as well as the host and managing editor for the Wall Street Journal Report.

Lakshmi bai, The Rani (Queen) of Jhansi (c.19 November 1835 – 17 June 1858) (Devanagari- झाँसी की रानी Marathi- झाशीची राणी), was known as Jhansi Ki Rani, the queen of the Jhansi.

She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and a symbol of resistance to British rule in India.

Clara Zetkin (5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was an influential socialist German politician and a fighter for women's rights.

Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League.