Q&A with Girl Activist, Merrill Keating
Teen activist and philanthropist Merrill Keating tells Girl Museum about her new organization, The Power of 100 Girls, and her future plans.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Guatemalan activist
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Rigoberta was born in Laj Chimel, Guatemala on January 9, 1959 into a poor Indigenous family of K’iche’ Maya descent who earned their living by picking coffee beans on big plantations. In 1960, when Rigoberta was just a year...Wangari Maathai: Kenyan Environmentalist
Wangari Maathai Wangari was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. Growing up, she experienced first hand the effects of deforestation in her home town of Nyeri. As a little girl, Wangari would go on foot to fetch water from a nearby stream to provide fresh drinking water for...Miriam Miranda: a Native woman fighting for her people’s voice to be heard
Human rights activist Miriam Miranda Miriam was born into a small community in Santa Fe, Colón, a small Garifuna village located on the north coast of Honduras. Like many others in Garifuna, Miriam and her family moved around the country to find work and...Edith Asamani: advocate and educator for women’s health and rights
Edith Esinam Asamani, women’s rights activist Born and raised in the slums of Ghana, Edith saw firsthand how a lack of access to education can affect girls’ opportunities. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the Ghana Institute of...Fighting the system: Zulaikha Patel and her fight against systemic racism
Despite its early participation in desegregation, systemic racism still existed within the school. The pioneer for the fight against oppressive school policies was schoolgirl Zulaikhal Patel. Her story begins in 2016.