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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.
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 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.
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
Aphra BehnAuthor · BooksAphra Behn (bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era.
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…
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.
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.
Bushra Al FusailPhotographer · Photography
Carl Jonas Love AlmqvistAuthor · BooksCarl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic.[1][2]
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.
Catharine MacaulayAuthor · BooksCatharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge, later Graham; 23 March 1731 – 22 June 1791) was an English historian.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fran HoskenDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Fran Hosken ca.
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.
Helen ReddyPerson · Music memorabiliaHelen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist.
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…
Irshad ManjiAuthor · BooksEthical Humanist Award, New York Society for Ethical Culture
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.
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];
Lina MorgensternAuthor · BooksLina Morgenstern (25 November 1830 – 16 December 1909) was a German writer, educator, feminist and pacifist.
Lisa LoebPerson · Music memorabiliaLisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress.
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.
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.
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.
Madeha AlAjroushPhotographer · PhotographyMadeha al-Ajroush is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist, psychologist and photographer.
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.
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.
María Jesús Alvarado RiveraAuthor · BooksMaría Jesús Alvarado Rivera (27 May 18786 May 1971) was a Peruvian rebel feminist, educator, journalist, writer and social activist.
Maria ShriverPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American writer and journalist.
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.
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…
Mary AstellAuthor · BooksMary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) was an English proto-feminist author, philosopher, and rhetorician who advocated for equal educational opportunities for women.
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,…
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.
Olha KobylianskaAuthor · BooksOlha Yulianivna Kobylianska (ˈɔlʲɦɐ jʊlʲiˈanʲiu̯nɐ kobeˈlʲanʲsʲkɐ; 27 November 1863 – 21 March 1942) was a Ukrainian modernist writer, nationalist and feminist.
Phoebe RuguruPerson · Film memorabiliaYoung Filmmaker's Award unchosen Modern-Day Slavery Awards, 2014
Qiu JinAuthor · Books
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…
Sylvia PankhurstAuthor · BooksEstelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English feminist, socialist, activist, artist and writer.
Tanja OstojićArtist · PaintingsTanja Ostojić (born 19 August 1972 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia) is a feminist performance artist.
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.
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.
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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