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American 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.
Alice Stone BlackwellAuthor · BooksAlice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, radical socialist, and human rights advocate.
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
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
Jane AddamsAuthor · BooksJane Adams (disambiguation)Jane Adams
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…
Lisa LoebPerson · Music memorabiliaLisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress.
Lucretia MottAuthor · BooksLucretia Mott (born Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer.
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.
Maria ShriverPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American writer and journalist.
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.
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…
Voltairine de CleyreAuthor · BooksVoltairine de Cleyre (De Claire; November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist feminist writer and public speaker.

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