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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
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.
Carola Rackete (pronounced [kaˈʁoːla 'ʁakætə]; [nb 1] born 8 May 1988) is a German conservation ecologist, activist, politician and former ship captain.She was elected to the European Parliament as an independent candidate for the Left Party on June 9, 2024.
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone (born Feuerstein; [1] January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) [2] was a Canadian-American radical feminist writer and activist. Firestone was a central figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-wave feminism and a founding member of three radical-feminist groups: New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists.
Ryan Hreljac speaking. Ryan Hreljac (/ ˈ h ɜːr l dʒ æ k / HERL-jak [1]) is a Canadian activist, who established the Ryan's Well Foundation to bring clean water and sanitation to people in developing countries.
Malala Yousafzai (Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی, Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ, pronunciation: [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj]; [4] born 12 July 1997) [1] [4] [5] is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate [6] at the age of 17.
Marija Jurić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎrija jǔːritɕ]; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957 [1]), known by her pen name Zagorka (IPA: [zǎːɡoːrka]), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers.