Petrona

Petrona Morrison is a Jamaican sculptor and media artist. Her work is largely inspired by African art; she uses found objects in assemblages that have both personal and broader social themes.

Petrona Eyle (1866 – 1945) was an Argentine physician and feminist who campaigned for Latin American women's rights. She studied medicine at the University of Zurich, where she wrote her thesis on ear deformities, and in 1893 became the second woman to practice medicine in Argentina after Cecilia Grierson.

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Eyle helped found the Consejo Argentino de Mujeres (transl. 'Argentine Council of Women'), the Asociación Universitarias Argentinas (transl. 'Association of Argentine University Women'), and the Liga contra la Trata de Blancas (transl. 'League against the White Slave Trade'). She also participated in various conferences for the benefit of women and children and served as the editor of the periodical Nuestra Causa (transl. 'Our Cause').

Petrona Lashley (1941–2000) was a British Labour politician and community activist. She was Liverpool's first black Deputy Lord Mayor, and one of its earliest black councillors.