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19th-century women's rights activists

43 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alexandra David-NéelAuthor · BooksAlexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer.[1]…
Alice Stone BlackwellAuthor · BooksAlice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, radical socialist, and human rights advocate.
Babilina KhositashviliAuthor · BooksIllustration — Babilina Khositashvili
Barbara BodichonArtist · PaintingsBarbara Bodichon (8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891), born Barbara Leigh Smith, was an English educationalist, artist, and philanthropist, a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights…
Bart de LigtAuthor · BooksBartholomeus de Ligt (17 July 1883 – 3 September 1938) was a Dutch anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist. He is chiefly known for his support of conscientious objectors.
Clara ZetkinAuthor · BooksClara Zetkin (lang; Eißner; 5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, communist activist, and advocate for women's rights.
Eleanor RooseveltAuthor · BooksAnna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Flora TristanAuthor · BooksFlore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso (7 April 1803 – 14 November 1844), better known as Flora Tristan, was a French-Peruvian writer and socialist activist.
Fredrik BajerAuthor · BooksFredrik Bajer (21 April 1837 – 22 January 1922) was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson.
Helene LangeAuthor · BooksHelene Lange (1848–1930) was a leading voice for German women's access to higher education and professional careers, particularly in teaching.
Hertha AyrtonAuthor · BooksPhoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton (born Phoebe Sarah Marks; 28 April 1854 – 26 August 1923), known in her adult life as Hertha Ayrton, was an English electrical engineer, mathematician, physicist…
Jane AddamsAuthor · BooksJane Adams (disambiguation)Jane Adams
Jenny d'HéricourtAuthor · BooksJenny d'Héricourt (9 September 1809 Besançon, France – 12 January 1875 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France), also Jenny P. d'Héricourt, was a feminist activist, writer, medical doctor and midwife.
Lina MorgensternAuthor · BooksLina Morgenstern (25 November 1830 – 16 December 1909) was a German writer, educator, feminist and pacifist.
Louisa LawsonAuthor · BooksLouisa Lawson (Albury; 17February 184812August 1920) was an Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. Her eldest son was the poet and author Henry Lawson.
Lucy StoneAuthor · BooksLucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer of promoting rights for women.
Luise BüchnerAuthor · BooksElisabeth Emma Louise "Luise" Büchner (12 June 1821, Darmstadt – 28 November 1877) was a German women's rights activist and writer of essays, novels, travelogues and poetry.
Margit KaffkaAuthor · Books
Marguerite DurandAuthor · BooksMarguerite Durand (24 January 1864 – 16 March 1936) was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette. She founded her own newspaper, and ran for election.
María Jesús Alvarado RiveraAuthor · BooksMaría Jesús Alvarado Rivera (27 May 18786 May 1971) was a Peruvian rebel feminist, educator, journalist, writer and social activist.
Marianne HainischAuthor · BooksMarianne Hainisch, born Marianne Perger (25 March 1839 – 5 May 1936) was the founder and leader of the Austrian women's movement.
Marie LangAuthor · BooksMarie Lang (8 March 1858 – 14 October 1934) was an Austrian feminist, theosophist and publisher. Marie Lang was born in 1858 in Vienna, Lang was raised in a liberal, upper-middle-class home.
Marie LuplauArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Marie Luplau by Julie Laurberg (c.
Mary SteenPhotographer · PhotographyMary Dorothea Frederica Steen (28 October 1853 – 7 April 1939) was a Danish photographer and feminist.
Mathilde BlindAuthor · BooksMathilde Blind (born Mathilda Cohen; 21 March 1841 – 26 November 1896), was a German-born English poet, fiction writer, biographer, essayist and critic.
Mathilde FibigerAuthor · BooksMathilde Fibiger (13 December 1830 – 17 June 1872) was a Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist.
Mies Boissevain-van LennepPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Mies Boissevain during her detention in WWII
Miles FranklinAuthor · BooksStella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career,…
Olha KobylianskaAuthor · BooksOlha Yulianivna Kobylianska (ˈɔlʲɦɐ jʊlʲiˈanʲiu̯nɐ kobeˈlʲanʲsʲkɐ; 27 November 1863 – 21 March 1942) was a Ukrainian modernist writer, nationalist and feminist.
Qiu JinAuthor · Books
Sylvia PankhurstAuthor · BooksEstelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English feminist, socialist, activist, artist and writer.
Toshiko KishidaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Toshiko Kishida
Voltairine de CleyreAuthor · BooksVoltairine de Cleyre (De Claire; November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist feminist writer and public speaker.
Zaynab FawwazAuthor · BooksZaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914)[1] was a Lebanese women's rights activist, novelist, playwright, poet and historian of famous women.[2] Her novel "حسن العواقب/Ḥusn al-Awaqib", (The Happy Ending,…

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