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Elouise Westbrook (1915-2011) was an American housing rights and health activist in San Francisco. She was one of five activists that made up the Big Five of Bayview.

Elouise Edwards, MBE, (1932 – 2021) was a British community activist and civil rights campaigner. She was born in British Guiana and moved to Manchester, England in the 1960s, becoming known for her campaigns to fight racial discrimination and to develop community services in the Moss Side area of Manchester. Her work included housing projects, women's networking groups, medical assistance programs, and the development of art and cultural programs.

Elouise P. Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman (1945 – 2011) was a Niitsítapi (Blackfoot Confederacy (First Nations American)) tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar (2009). This challenged the United States' mismanagement of trust funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native Americans. She pursued the suit from 1996, challenging the government to account for fees from resource leases.

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In 2016, Cobell's work on behalf of Native Americans was honored by the award of a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama; her son Turk Cobell accepted the award on her behalf.