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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg [22] [23] was born on 3 January 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden, [24] [25] to opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg. [26] [27] Her paternal grandfather was actor and director Olof Thunberg.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. . Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights international
The Online Etymology Dictionary records the English words "activism" and "activist" as in use in the political sense from the year 1920 [10] or 1915 [11] respectively. The history of the word activism traces back to earlier understandings of collective behavior [12] [13] [14] and social action. [15]
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, was released Tuesday morning from a federal prison in Florida ...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
In 1981, Borjas emigrated to the United States at twenty years old, with the goal of obtaining hormone therapy and transitioning to live as a woman. [5] [4] Taking a job in a belt factory, [1] she initially shared an apartment in the New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens [9] with 20 transgender women who worked as sex workers. [4]
Maria Reyes (born 2002 in Mexico) is a Mexican ecofeminist and climate activist, involved in Fridays for Future MAPA, International, and the Alliance of Non-Governmental Radical Youth (A.N.G.R.Y).
María Elena Moyano Delgado (29 November 1958 – 15 February 1992) was an Afro-Peruvian [1] community organizer and feminist who was assassinated by the Shining Path.She grew up in poverty in the Villa El Salvador pueblo joven, then became involved in local activism.