Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

female, deceased (1940)
American women's rights activist activist anarchist Jewish American Lithuanian-American death by stroke
Emma Goldman aka 'Red Emma', was a Lithuanian-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches. She was lionized as an iconic "rebel woman"... More
Frances Willard

Frances Willard

female, deceased (1898)
American women's rights activist from Evanston, Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union Prohibition From Janesville, WIsconsin women's suffrage
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28,1839-February 17,1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. She... More

Susan Still

female
American women's rights activist John F. O'Donnell assault in the third degree assault in the second degree domestic violence against women endangering the welfare of a child
Susan Still (born 1964, New York state) is an American housewife who escaped decade-long domestic abuse by husband Ulner Lee Still in 2003 and... More
Shamima Shaikh

Shamima Shaikh

female, deceased (1998)
South African women's rights activist Islamic feminist indian subcontinent trade union apartheid Women's rights activist
Shamima Shaikh was South Africa's most well-known Muslim women's rights activist. She was a notable Islamic feminist. She was born in Louis... More
Mukhtaran Bibi

Mukhtaran Bibi

female, 36 years old
gang raped general pervez musharraf North-South Prize honour killing Pakistani women's rights activist NY Times
Mukhtaran Bibi is a Pakistani woman from the village of Meerwala, in the rural "tehsil" (county) of Jatoi of the Muzaffargarh District of Pakistan.... More
Frances Wright

Frances Wright

female, deceased (1852)
writer American women's rights activist abolitionist feminism Scottish Feminist
Frances Wright (September 6 1795-December 131852) was a lecturer, writer, feminist, abolitionist, and utopian. Wright was born to a wealthy family... More
Sheema Kalbasi

Sheema Kalbasi

female, 36 years old
Iranian women writer American women's rights activist American women writer Iranian women's rights activist From tehran American
Sheema Kalbasi is a human right activist, an award winning poet, and literary translator. She is the director of Dialogue of Nations through Poetry... More
Tammy Bruce

Tammy Bruce

female, 46 years old
American pro-choice activist gun classical liberalism homosexual Fox News Channel University of Southern California alumni
Tammy Bruce (born August 19, 1962) is a pro-choice lesbian feminist who hosts "The Tammy Bruce Show," a radio talk show broadcast on over 160... More
Qasim Amin

Qasim Amin

male, deceased (1910)
Egyptian women's rights activist Upper Egyptian Islamic scholarship Purdah Upper Egypt women's rights
Qasim Amin (1863-1908) was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian National Movement and Cairo University. Born to an Upper... More
Perdita Huston

Perdita Huston

female, deceased (2001)
American women's rights activist UNDP journalist Washington D.C. Women's rights activist American
Perdita Constance Huston (May 2, 1936 - December 4, 2001) was an American journalist and women's rights activist. She is commemorated by the... More