List of women's rights activists
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- Jacob Paul Hauser (1992-) - United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
suffragist and women's rights activist - Qasim AminQasim AminQasim Amin born on 1 December 1863 Alexandria died April 22, 1908 Cairo was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University. Qasim Amin was considered by many as the Arab world’s “first feminist”...
(1863-1908) - EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian jurist, early advocate of women’s rights in Egyptian society - Parvin ArdalanParvin ArdalanParvin Ardalan, born 1967 in Tehran, is a leading Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist. She was awarded the Olof Palme Prize in 2007 for her struggle for equal rights for men and women in Iran. In the 1990s Ardalan, along with e.g...
(Born 1967) Iranian women's rights activist - Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (1859–1921) Iranian writer
- Ansar BurneyAnsar BurneyAnsar Burney |Sindh]], Pakistan) is a leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist. He is a graduate of Masters and Law from Karachi University and honorary recipient of a PhD. in Philosophy...
(1956-) - PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i women's rights activist - Lucy BurnsLucy BurnsLucy Burns was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was a passionate activist in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party.-Early life and education:Lucy Burns was born in...
(1879-1966) - AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
suffragist and women's rights activist - Luisa CapetilloLuisa CapetilloLuisa Capetillo was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers. She was also a writer and an anarchist who fought for workers and women's rights.-Early years:...
(1879-1922) - Puerto RicanPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
labor unionTrade unionA trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
suffragette; jailed for wearing pants in public - Marguerite CoppinMarguerite CoppinMarguerite Aimee Rosine Coppin was born in Brussels and became woman Poet Laureate of Belgium and a noted feminist and pioneer in female emancipation and equal rights for women...
(1867-1931) - woman poet laureate of Belgium and advocate of women's rights. - Unity DowUnity DowUnity Dow is a judge, human rights activist, and writer from Botswana. She came from a rural background that tended toward traditional values of the African kind...
(1959-) - judge and writer from BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, plaintiff in a case that allowed children of MotswanaMotswanaMotswana is the singular form of "Batswana". It may be:* a person from the Tswana ethnic group in southern Africa* a citizen of Botswana of any ethnic background...
women and foreign men to be considered Batswana. - Sediqeh DowlatabadiSediqeh DowlatabadiSediqeh Dowlatabadi was a Persian scholar and one of the pioneering figures in Persian women's movement.Sediqeh Dowlatabadi in 1919 published the first women gazette in Esfahan called Zaban-e Zanan.- External links :...
(1882-1962) Iranian journalist and women's rights activist - Shirin EbadiShirin EbadiShirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...
(1947-) On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for the rights of women and children. - Carolyn Egan (birthdate unknown) - CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-American trade unionist and feminist, advocate for women’s reproductive rights, including access to birth control, abortion, and sex education - Aliaa Magda ElmahdyAliaa Magda ElmahdyAliaa Magda Elmahdy is an Egyptian internet activist and women's rights advocate. Together with her boyfriend Kareem Amer, Elmahdy publicly challenged Egypt’s social strictures. Elmahdy became known for publishing a nude photo in her Blogspot blog, which she described in Facebook as "screams...
(born 1991) - Egyptian women's rights advocate and internet activist - Mohtaram EskandariMohtaram EskandariMohtaram Eskandari was an Iranian intellectual and one of the pioneering figures in Iranian women's movement. She was the first leader of feminist Nesvan e vatankhah association and publisher of its journal for women....
(1895–1924) Iranian woman's rights activist, founder of "Jam'iat e nesvan e vatan-khah" (Society of Patriotic Women) - Anna FilosofovaAnna FilosofovaAnna Pavlovna Filosofova was a Russian philanthropist and feminist. She was an important charity organiser, and, alongside Maria Trubnikova and Nadezhda Stasova , was one of the founders and leaders of the first organised Russian women's movement.-Early life:Filosofova was born into a wealthy...
(1837-1912) - Early Russian woman's rights activist - Margaret FullerMargaret FullerSarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism...
(1810–1850) - Transcendentalist, critic, advocate for women's education, author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century - Engy GhozlanEngy GhozlanEngy Ayman Ghozlan was the Project Coordinator for the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights and is famous for her activism in campaigns against sexual harassment....
(1985-) - Coordinator of campaigns against sexual harassmentSexual harassmentSexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and...
in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - Marianne HainischMarianne HainischMarianne Hainisch, born Marianne Perger was the founder and leader of the Austrian women's movement...
(1839-1936) - AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n activist, proponent of women’s right to work and to receive education - Sheema KalbasiSheema KalbasiSheema Kalbasi is an award winning poet, producer, critic, blogger, and human rights advocate.- Biography :Kalbasi is the founder and president of , a film production and publishing company. She is the director and the co-director of several literary projects including the . She has published two...
(1972-) Iranian writer and advocate for human rights and gender equality - Raden Adjeng Kartini (1879-1904) - Javanese advocate for native IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n women, critic of polygamous marriages and lack of education opportunities for women - Begum Ramayana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990) - IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n - PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i activist, founder of the All Pakistan Women’s Association, organizer of women’s nursing and first aid corps to help refugees in Delhi despite public resistance to women working outside the home - Noushin Ahmadi khorasani (1970-) Iranian women's rights activist
- Grace GreenwoodSara Jane LippincottSara Jane Lippincott was better known by the pseudonym Grace Greenwood. She was an American author, poet and lecturer. One of the first women to gain access into the Congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and women's rights.-Biography:thumb|left|Sara...
(1823-1904) - first woman reporter on the New York Times payroll, advocate for social reform and women's rights - Diane NashDiane NashDiane Judith Nash was a leader and strategist of the student wing of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. A historian described her as: "…bright, focused, utterly fearless, with an unerring instinct for the correct tactical move at each increment of the crisis; as a leader, her instincts had been...
(1938-) - Roshank No'doost (1899-?) Iranian woman's rights activist, founder of Peyk-e Saadat-e Nesvan Society.
- Sophie D. OgutuSophie D. OgutuSophie Dowllar Ogutu is a Kenyan Human Rights Activist who does theater for Social Transformation and also the President of the World March of Women Kenyan Chapter. In the recent years, Sophie has mobilized communities while targeting women with the aim of strengthening women's protagonism in the...
(1976-) World March of Women Kenya,coordinator 5Cs Human Rights Theatre GroupKenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. - Emmeline PankhurstEmmeline PankhurstEmmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote...
(1858–1928) was one of the founders of the BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
suffragetteSuffragette"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...
movement - Alice PaulAlice PaulAlice Stokes Paul was an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.-Activism: Alice Paul received her undergraduate education from...
(1885-1977) - AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
suffragist and women's rights activist - Frédérique PetridesFrédérique PetridesFrédérique Petrides , , was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist. In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York...
(1903-1983) Belgian-AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pioneering orchestral comductor, activist and editor from 1935-1940 of Women in MusicWomen in MusicWomen in Music was an American newsletter founded in July 1935 by its publisher and editor, Frédérique Petrides, then the conductor of the Orchestrette Classique – an orchestra based in New York made-up of all women musicians. The publication ran until December 1940...
, a series of periodicals chronicling the activities of women in music from the ancient Egyptian times to the then present. - Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890) - IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n social reformer, critic of the caste system, founded a school for girls, a widow-remarriage initiative, a home for upper caste widows, and a home for infant girls to discourage female infanticide - Dora RussellDora RussellDora Black, Lady Russell was a British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner, and the second wife of the eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell....
(1894-1986) - British progressive campaigner, advocate of marriage reform, birth control and female emancipation - Laure MoghaizelLaure MoghaizelLaure Moghaizel was a Lebanese attorney and prominent women's rights advocate. She was awarded with the world-renowned National Order of the Cedar , a medal in recognition of her many years of social and public service....
(1929-1997) - Lebanese lawyer and women's rights advocate - Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931) - Egyptian writer and doctor, advocate for women’s health and equality
- Shadi SadrShadi SadrShadi Sadr is an Iranian lawyer, journalist, and a notable Iranian woman's rights activist. She is married, and has a daughter...
(1975-) Iranian women's rights activist - Hoda ShaarawiHoda ShaarawiHoda Shaarawi , also sometimes transliterated as Huda Shaarawi or Hoda Sha'rawi, was a pioneer Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist.- Biography :...
(1879-1947) - Egyptian feminist, organizer for the Mubarrat Muhammad Ali (women’s social service organization), the Union of Educated Egyption Women and the Wafdist Women’s Central Committee, founder and first president of the Egyptian Feminist UnionEgyptian Feminist UnionThe Egyptian Feminist Union was the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt. It was founded at a meeting on March 16, 1923 at the home of activist Hoda Shaarawi, who served as its first president until her death in 1947. The Union was affiliated to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance... - Shamima ShaikhShamima ShaikhShamima Shaikh was South Africa's best known Muslim women's rights activist, notable Islamic feminist and journalist.-Biography:...
(1960-1998) - South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n activist, member of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa, proponent of Islamic gender equality - Kate SheppardKate SheppardKatherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...
(1847-1934) - New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
suffragette, influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first national election in which women were allowed to vote) - Shahla SherkatShahla SherkatShahla Sherkat is a journalist, prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights movement in Iran....
(1956-) Iranian journalist - Emily Howard Stowe (1831-1903) – Canadian physician, advocate for women's inclusion in the medical professional community, founder of the Canadian Women's Suffrage AssociationCanadian Women's Suffrage AssociationThe Canadian Women's Suffrage Association was originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild as a screen for suffrage activities: in effect, its members worked undercover. The Guild, founded in 1877, was renamed in 1883 as the Toronto Women's Suffrage Association...
- Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement...
(1815-1902) - AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
social activist, abolitionist, and suffragette, organizer of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention, co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the International Council of WomenInternational Council of WomenThe International Council of Women was the first women's organization to work across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington D.C... - TáhirihTáhirihTáhirih or Qurratu'l-`Ayn are both titles of Fátimih Baraghání , an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí Faith in Iran. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion...
(?-1852) - BábíBabiBabi may refer to:* Babı, a municipality in Azerbaijan* Babi Dynasty, founded in 1735 by Muhammed Sher Khan Babi , Nawabs of this dynasty went on to rule over Junagadh in Gujarat, from the 18th to the 20th century....
poet, theologian, and proponent of women's rights in 19th-century IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Roya TolouiRoya TolouiRoya Toloui is a prominent Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist, currently residing in US. She was born in Baneh in western Iran...
(Born 1966) Iranian-Kurdish women's rights activist - Ida B. WellsIda B. WellsIda Bell Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who...
(1862-1931) - AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
civil rights and anti-lynchingLynchingLynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that...
activist, suffragette noted for her refusal to avoid media attention because she was African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States... - Stasa ZajovicStasa ZajovicStanislava Staša Zajovićwas born in 1953 in Nikšić, Yugoslavia. She is co-founder and coordinator of Women in Black, Belgrade.-Biography:She speaks Spanish, Italian and English....
(1953 - ) - co-founder and coordinator of Women in Black, BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...