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Wangari Muta Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011)

biologist, teacher, veterinarian, politician, environmentalist, activist

  • Benedictine College, University of Pittsburgh

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Unbowed
The Green Belt Movement
Replenishing the earth
The challenge for Africa
Little Hummingbird
The challenge for Africa
Pour l'amour des arbres
The Canopy of Hope
The bottom is heavy too
Devolver la abundancia a la tierra
The challenge for Africa
World We Once Lived In
Celle qui plante les arbres
Wangari Speaks Out
Flight of the Hummingbird
Movimiento Cinturón Verde.Compartiendo propuestas y experiencia
The challenge for Africa
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1925-1965)

politician, autobiographer, political activist, human rights activist, Muslim minister

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The end of white world supremacy
Words of Ages
Autobiografía Malcolm X
Speeches
Malcolm X
Habla Malcolm X
By any means necessary
Nous, les Nègres
Malcolm X Habla a la Juventud
Two speeches by Malcolm X
Afro-American History
The speeches of Malcolm X at Harvard
Malcolm X speaks
February 1965
Two speeches
By any means necessary
Autobiography of Malcolm X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Two speeches
Le pouvoir noir
Malcolm A to X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcom X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Malcolm X's By Any Means Necessary
Malcolm X
Biraz Aksiyon; Rahat Durmayacagiz
Autobiografia di Malcolm X
Kardeslige Inaniyorum
Con Ogni Mezzo Necessario. Discorsi e Interviste
Malcolm X speaks out
By Any Means Necessary: Speeches, Interviews and a Letter
Malcolm X Speaks
The diary of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, 1964
The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X, Derniers Discours
Der schwarze Tribun
Prophetic Voice of Malcolm X
Le Vote Ou Le Fusil. Suivi de Nous Formons Un Seul Et Mme Pays
Malcolm X
The speeches of Malcolm X
Quotations of Malcolm X
Auto Malcolm X Disc Gde
EL VOTO O LA BALA
Köklerimiz
Malcolm X Story
Two speeches by Malcolm X.
By any means necessary
The greatest speeches of all time
Mahpekhah hi kemo śerefah ba-yaʻar
Two speeches
Malcolm X Speeches
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X talks to young people
[al-Nuṣūṣ al-muḥarramah wa-nuṣūṣ ukhraʹ]
Ballots or bullets
Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin (born 1962)

physician, women's rights activist

  • Mymensingh Medical College

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Shame
Das Mädchen, das ich war. Die Autobiographie einer Kindheit. ( Sachbuch)
Das Mädchen, da ich war
Nirbachita column
Farasi premik
The Game in Reverse
Taslima Nasrin ki kavitaiye
Nashta meyer nashta gadya
Meyebela
Verguenza
Ka
Nirbachita nari
Phera
Lajja
Jabo na kena? jabo
Amar meyebela
Aye kashta jhepe jiban debo mep
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner

  • University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare

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The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Long Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature
Nelson Mandela
In the words of Nelson Mandela
In his own words
Conversations with Myself
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Nelson Mandela speaks
Nelson Mandela, speeches 1990
Mandela
The Struggle Is My Life
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Long Walk to Freedom
Habla Nelson Mandela
For Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
One nation, one country (Statements)
Notes to the future
Cuba and Angola
Intensifiquemos la lucha
L' apartheid
A prisoner in the garden
Reader's Digest Great biographies in large type
A prisoner in the garden
Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Qué lejos hemos llegado los esclavos!
Un Long Chemin Vers La Liberte
Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela I Am Prepared to Die
Nelson Mandela: Intersifiguemos LA Lucha
The Mandela document
Favorite African Folktales
Speeches that Changed the World
46664 The Concert
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Embargo
Voices from Robben Island
I am prepared to die
Selected speeches and writings of Nelson Mandela
Azadi ki shahrah par
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 49th ANC National Conference, 17 December 1994, Bloemfontein
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
The essential Nelson Mandela
Eye of the Hurricane
Walk the last mile with us
L' Apartheid
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales 2004 Wall Calendar
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Housing Generator
The story of the Rugby World Cup, South Africa, 1995
Nelson Mandela speaks
A time to build
I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa
South and Southern Africa into the next century
We accuse
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
One nation, one country
The building has begun!
A better life for all
Renewal and renaissance
Long Walk to Freedom : 1962-1994
Invest in peace
Biko
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Violence and Health
A Mandela!
Làpartheid
Madiba Buyusu
Un long chemin vers la liberté
A Mandela!
Prison Letters
El color de la libertad
Mis cuentos africanos
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Un gesto può cambiare il mondo
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom : 1918-1962
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 1 of 2
Illus Long Walk Freedom Hb Bclub
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 2 of 2
Long Walk to Freedom Hb D/Bx12
L'apartheid (Documents)
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
In gesprek met mijzelf
Mis cuentos africanos
Pensêes Pour Moi-même
In gesprek met mijzelf
Nelson Mandela by himself
Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom B D/Bx36
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk Freedom B d/Bx27 Inc3Fr
Une minute peut changer le monde
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations,22 June 1990
Nelson Mandela. Une vie en mots et en images
Pensées pour moi-même
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmarchen
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations, 22 June 1990
Trial of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mā burdagān tā bih kujā āmadahʼīm
Letters to Madiba
Rivonia sabotage trial, Oct. 1963-Sept. 1964
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Letters to Madiba
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni
An irresistible vision
Freiheit ist ein Ideal
L'Année Mandela
Gehe deinen Weg in Freiheit
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmärchen
Fighting on both sides of the law
Anja Meulenbelt
Anja Meulenbelt (born 1945)

politician, women's rights activist

  • University of Amsterdam

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De schaamte voorbij
Het beroofde land
Dagen in Gaza
A small favor
Blessuretijd
Chodorow en verder
Vanille en andere smaken
De bewondering
De ziekte bestrijden, niet de patiënt
De schillen van de ui
Casablanca, of de onmogelijkheden van de heteroseksuele liefde
Alba
Geliebtes Untier
Meer dan één engel
Feminismus
For ourselves
Je broer en ik
A Creative tension
Zoals het oog de regenboog
Vrouwen en alcohol
Auszeit
Voor onszelf
Gon Buurman
Kleine voeten, grote voeten
Feminisme en socialisme
Art1kel
Creative Tension: Key Issues of Socialist Feminism
A Creative tension
Wat is feminisme?
Emancipatie en overspel
Zwischen zwei Stühlen
Feminismus und Sozialismus
Geliefde ramp
Frauensexualität
für uns selbst
Ich wollte nur dein Bestes
Samira Bellil
Samira Bellil (1972-2004)

specialized educator, activist, women's rights activist

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To hell and back
Dans l'enfer des tournantes
Ed Mead
Ed Mead (born 1940)

activist

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Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

suffragette, politician, women's rights activist, human rights activist

  • École Normale Supérieure

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My Own Story
Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere
Little People, Big Dreams Series 1 & 2
The suffragettes
Verbatim report of Mrs. Pankhurst's speech, delivered Nov. 13, 1913 at Parsons' Theatre, Hartford, Conn
Suffragette
Speech of Emmeline Pankhurst, Columbia Theatre, Washington, D.C., Sunday, November 23, 1913
Suffrage speeches from the dock
Verbatim report of Mrs. Pankhurst's speech
The trial of the suffragette leaders