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Lisa Shannon founded the first national grassroots effort to raise awareness and funds for women in the DR Congo through her project Run for Congo Women.
They have sponsored more than a thousand war-affected Congolese women through Women for Women International. These women are raising more than 5000 children.
This video story from Al Jazeera and reported in Maktoob Business about Malalai Joya, an Afghan woman with major attitude:
Pioneering sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimke eloquently fought the injustices of slavery, racism and sexism during the mid-19th century.
They were among the first female abolitionists to speak publicly against slavery, an important political topic.
Angelina became the first woman to address a legislative body when she spoke to the Massachusetts State Legislature on women's rights and abolition in 1893.
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