Not directly to do with CIMA, but Rusty Kanokogi was a groundbreaker for women's MAs and MA sports. Not a radical, just a woman who loved judo, loved to compete, and later dedicated her life to coaching and reffing. Became a role model (despite a sad and kick-ass youth in Brooklyn/NYC... with a bayonet strapped to her leg) for girls and young people in general.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/sport ... okogi.html