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20th-century women's rights activists

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Adrienne RichAuthor · BooksAdrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.
Akuol de MabiorPerson · Film memorabiliaAkuol Garang de Mabior is a South Sudanese filmmaker, model, businesswoman, and women's rights activist.
Alice SchwarzerAuthor · BooksAlice Sophie Schwarzer (born 3 December 1942) is a German journalist and prominent feminist. She is founder and publisher of the German feminist journal EMMA.
Amanda FilipacchiAuthor · BooksShe was born in Paris and educated in both in France and in the U.S. She is the author of four novels, Nude Men (1993), Vapor (1999), Love Creeps
Åse Gruda SkardAuthor · BooksÅse Gruda Skard (née Koht) (2 December 1905 – 13 August 1985) was a Norwegian university professor, child psychologist and author.
Audre LordeAuthor · BooksAudre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Ayoka ChenziraPerson · Film memorabiliaAyoka "Ayo" Chenzira (born November 8, 1953) is an independent African-American producer, film director, television director, animator, writer, experimental filmmaker, and transmedia…
Benoîte GroultAuthor · BooksBenoîte Groult (31 January 1920 – 20 June 2016) was a French journalist, writer, and feminist activist.
Betty FordAuthor · BooksElizabeth Anne Ford (Bloomer; formerly Warren; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford.[2] As first lady,…
Betty FriedanAuthor · BooksBetty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist.
Carol DownerAuthor · BooksCarollynn Aurilla Downer (Chatham; October 9, 1933 – January 13, 2025) was an American feminist lawyer and non-fiction author who focused her career on abortion rights and women's health…
Carol GilliganAuthor · BooksCarol Gilligan (born November 28, 1936) is an American philosopher and psychologist, best known for her work in feminist ideology, ethical community, and ethical relationships.
Caroline FourestPerson · Film memorabiliaCaroline Fourest (lang; born 19 September 1975), is a French writer, feminist political commentator, film director, and journalist.
Cindy ShermanPhotographer · PhotographyCynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as…
Daria SerenkoArtist · PaintingsDaria Andreyevna Serenko (born 23 January 1993) is a Russian feminist activist, poet, curator and public artist.
Deeyah KhanPerson · Film memorabiliaDeeyah Khan (pron, born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent.
Dominique RolinAuthor · BooksDominique Rolin (dɔminik ʁɔlɛ̃; 22 May 1913 – 15 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist.
Dossie EastonAuthor · BooksDorothy "Dossie" Easton (born February 26, 1944), who has also written under the name Scarlet Woman, is an American author and family therapist based in San Francisco, California.
Erica JongPerson · Music memorabiliaErica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying.
Eve EnslerPerson · Film memorabiliaV (born Eve Ensler; May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.
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Helen ReddyPerson · Music memorabiliaHelen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist.
Irshad ManjiAuthor · BooksEthical Humanist Award, New York Society for Ethical Culture
Judy ChicagoArtist · SculptureJudy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and…
Laetitia KyDesigner · Modern designLaetitia Ky (born 1996, Abidjan) is a feminist artist from Ivory Coast who creates sculptures from her hair. She is seen by many as a figurehead in the natural hair movement.
Lilí ÁlvarezAuthor · BooksElia Maria González-Álvarez y López-Chicheri, also known as Lilí de Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [liˈli ˈalβaɾeθ];
Lisa LoebPerson · Music memorabiliaLisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress.
Madeha AlAjroushPhotographer · PhotographyMadeha al-Ajroush is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist, psychologist and photographer.
Marguerite DurasAuthor · BooksMarguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (lang), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.
Maria ShriverPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American writer and journalist.
Marleen GorrisPerson · Film memorabiliaMarleen Gorris (born 9 December 1948) is a Dutch former writer and director. Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of…
Mukhtaran BibiAuthor · BooksMukhtaran Bibi (born c. 1972), now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, is a Pakistani human rights activist from the village of Meerwala, located in the rural tehsil of Jatoi in the Muzaffargarh…
Ochy CurielPerson · Music memorabiliaRosa Inés Curiel Pichardo (born 1963), better known as Ochy Curiel, is an Afro-Dominican feminist academic, singer and social anthropologist.
Phoebe RuguruPerson · Film memorabiliaYoung Filmmaker's Award unchosen Modern-Day Slavery Awards, 2014
Radka DonnellAuthor · BooksRadka Donnell (24 November 1928 – 13 February 2013) was a Bulgarian-American feminist, painter, art therapist, poet, translator, storyteller, and pioneer of modern quilt-making.
Salima GhezaliAuthor · BooksSalima Ghezali (Kabyle: Salima Ɣezali; born 1958) is an Algerian journalist and writer.
Seyran AteşAuthor · BooksSeyran Ateş (born 20 April 1963) is a German lawyer and a Muslim feminist. She founded the Ibn Ruschd-Goethe mosque in 2017, as Germany's first liberal place of worship for Muslims.
Sharon OldsAuthor · BooksSharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. She won the first San Francisco State University Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the…
StarhawkAuthor · BooksStarhawk (born Miriam Simos on June 17, 1951) is an American feminist and writer. She is known as a theorist of feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism.
Suat DervişAuthor · BooksSuat Derviş (1905–1972) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, and political activist, who was among the founders of the Socialist Women’s Association in 1970.
Susan FaludiAuthor · BooksSusan Charlotte Faludi (born April 18, 1959) is an American journalist and feminist author.[1][2] She won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1991, for a report on the leveraged…
Susan GriffinAuthor · BooksSusan Griffin (January 26, 1943 – September 30, 2025) was an American radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright, particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist…
Tanja OstojićArtist · PaintingsTanja Ostojić (born 19 August 1972 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia) is a feminist performance artist.
Waris DirieAuthor · BooksWaris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye; born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM).
Yanar MohammedArtist · CeramicsYanar Mohammed (25 November 1960 – 2 March 2026) was an Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist.

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