Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Lesley Abdela From: United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: women's rights activist, journalist Jane Addams 1860-1935 From: United States: Illinois Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, co-founded Hull House Halide Edib Adivar 1883-1964 From: Turkey Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: novelist, feminist Lizzie Ahern 1877-1969 From: Australia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: socialist propagandist Dee Aker From: United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: International correspondent, Director of Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Sibilla Aleramo 1876-1960 From: Italy Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: writer, feminist Soteria Aliberty 1847-1929 From: Greece Fields: Education, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Greek feminist and educator Shulamit Aloni 1928- From: Israel Fields: Education, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: politician, activist, educator, journalist Blanche Ames Ames 1878-1969 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Art, Human Rights, Invention Key Words/Phrases: artist, activist, inventor, patented a method for capturing enemy warplanes Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1836-1917 From: United Kingdom Fields: Health and Medicine, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: first female physician in England, first female mayor in England Maya Angelou 1928- From: United States: Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: poet, novelist, activist, actress Mathilde Franziska Anneke 1817-1884 From: Germany, United States: Wisconsin Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Katharine Susan Anthony 1877-1965 From: United States: Arkansas, New York Fields: Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights Kritaya Archavanitkul From: Thailand Fields: Human Rights, Sociology/Social Work Inesse Armand 1874-1920 From: France, Russia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Margery Corbett Ashby 1882-1981 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights Hanan Ashrawi 1946- From: Palestine Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Mary Astell 1666-1731 From: United Kingdom Fields: Education, Human Rights, Philosophy Margaret Eleanor Atwood 1939- From: Canada Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Hubertine Auclert 1848-1914 From: France Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Anita Augspurg 1857-1943 From: Germany, Switzerland Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Mariama Ba 1929-1981 From: Senegal Fields: Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Joan Baez 1941- From: United States: California, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Music Sarah G. Bagley 1806-1847? From: United States: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Ella Baker 1903-1986 From: United States: Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Emily Greene Balch 1867-1961 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Maria Louise Baldwin 1856-1922 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Frances Balfour 1858-1930 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld 1743-1825 From: United Kingdom Fields: Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Emily Dunning Barringer 1876-1961 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights Robertine Barry 1863-1910 From: Canada Fields: Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Daisy Gatson Bates 1914-1999 From: United States: Arkansas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Mary Ritter Beard 1876-1958 From: United States: Indiana, New York Fields: Education, History, Human Rights Lydia Becker 1827-1890 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Alva Belmont 1853-1933 From: United States: Alabama, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Annie Wood Besant 1847-1933 From: India, United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: activist, Theosophist Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955 From: United States: Florida, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Teresa Billington-Greig 1877-1964 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Alice Stone Blackwell 1857-1950 From: United States: Massachusetts, New Jersey Fields: Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell 1825-1921 From: United States: New Jersey, New York Fields: Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: first American woman ordained minister, activist Ruby Bridges 1954- From: United States: Louisiana, Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: first black child to attend a white school in New Orleans Mary Shadd Cary 1823-1893 From: Canada, United States: Delaware, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Mary Agnes Meara Chase 1869-1963 From: United States: Illinois Fields: Agriculture and Horticulture, Art, Biology, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: botanist, illustrator, women's rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark 1898-1987 From: United States: South Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Claudette Colvin 1939- From: United States: Alabama, New York Fields: Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Defied bus segregation in Montgomery, AL, before Rosa Parks did Ellen Smith Craft 1826-1891 From: United Kingdom, United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Sociology/Social Work Simone de Beauvoir 1908-1986 From: France Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Philosophy Marian Wright Edelman 1939- From: United States: Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett 1847-1929 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: suffragist, feminist Betty Ford 1918-2011 From: United States: California, Illinois, Michigan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Other Key Words/Phrases: First Lady, activist Marion Sanger Frank 1875-1960 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: suffragist, voting rights for women Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) c. 1742-1829 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slavery, anti-slavery, activism, human rights, precedent Margaret Fuller 1810-1850 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: journalist, critic, women's rights activist Miep Gies 1909-2010 From: Netherlands Fields: Human Rights Emma Goldman 1869-1940 From: Canada, Lithuania, Russia, United Kingdom, United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: anarchist, women's rights Joan Halifax 1942- From: United States: California, New Hampshire Fields: Anthropology, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Buddhist roshi, Ojai Foundation, hospice caregiver Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer 1917-1977 From: United States: Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825-1911 From: United States: Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Dorothy Height 1912-2010 From: United States: Pennsylvania, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Psychology Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist, president of National Council of Negro Women, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal Raicho Hiratsuka 1886-1971 From: Japan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: feminist, journalist, activist Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 From: United States: New York, Rhode Island Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: abolitionist, social activist, poet, wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Harriet Jacobs 1813-1897 From: United States: Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Elizabeth Jennings Graham 1830-1901 From: United States: New York Fields: Education, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: won the first desegregation case in 1855, teacher Helen Keller 1880-1968 From: United States: Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: author, political activist, lecturer, deaf/blind Florence Kelley 1859-1932 From: United States: Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law, Management and Labor Relations Fanny Kemble 1809-1893 From: United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: actress, actor, abolitionist, writer Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 From: United States: Alabama, Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist Ellen Kuzwayo 1914-2006 From: South Africa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Agnes Maule Machar 1837-1927 From: Canada Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: writer, novelist, activist Ellen A. Martin 1847-1916 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Key Words/Phrases: lawyer, activist Burnita Shelton Matthews 1894-1988 From: United States: Mississippi, Washington DC Fields: Human Rights, Law Key Words/Phrases: first woman appointed to a U.S. district court. Mary McDowell 1854-1936 From: United States: Illinois, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Rigoberta Menchu 1959- From: Guatemala, Mexico Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Constance Baker Motley 1921-2005 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Human Rights, Law Lucretia Coffin Mott 1793-1880 From: United States: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: abolitionist, women's rights activist, Quaker Micere Githae Mugo 1942- From: Kenya, Zimbabwe Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Pauli Murray 1910-1985 From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law, Religion Christabel Pankhurst 1880-1958 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: activist, suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst 1858-1928 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: activist, suffragette Rosa Louise Parks 1913-2005 From: United States: Alabama, Michigan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Lucy Parsons 1853-1942 From: United States: Illinois, Texas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Elizabeth Peratrovich 1911-1958 From: United States: Alaska Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Alaska civil rights activist Amelia Stone Quinton 1833-1926 From: United States: New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: social activist, president of Women's National Indian Association Jeannette Rankin 1880-1973 From: United States: Montana, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Congresswoman, pacifist Adrienne Rich 1929- From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: poet, essayist, feminist Mary Robinson 1944- From: Ireland Fields: Education, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Law Key Words/Phrases: President of Ireland, UN High Commissioner, lawyer Anita Roddick 1942-2007 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance, Human Rights, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: Founder of the Body Shop, activist, philanthropist Pauline Roland 1805-1852 From: France Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: feminist, socialist Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Other Key Words/Phrases: First Lady, author, writer, speaker, activist Ernestine Louise Rose 1810-1892 From: Poland, Russia, United Kingdom, United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: feminist, abolitionist, activist Josephine Ruffin 1842-1924 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: editor, journalist, civil rights leader, activist Ginetta Sagan 1925?-2000 From: Italy, United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Rose Schneiderman 1884-1972 From: Poland, United States: New York Fields: Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Irena Sendler 1910-2008 From: Poland Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Saved many children of the Holocaust Huda Shaarawi 1879-1947 From: Egypt Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Anna Howard Shaw 1847-1919 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: women's suffrage, minister, physician Vandana Shiva 1952- From: India Fields: Activism and Social Service, Environment, Human Rights, Physics Key Words/Phrases: activist, writer Nina Simone 1933-2003 From: Barbados, France, United States: New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania Fields: Human Rights, Music Mary Slessor 1848-1915 From: Nigeria, United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Christian missionary, women's rights advocate Elizabeth Oakes Smith 1806-1893 From: United States: Maine, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: writer, novelist, poet, activist Mary Louise Smith 1937- From: United States: Alabama Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Preceded Rosa Parks in defying bus segregation Nora Stanton Blatch Barney 1883-1971 From: United Kingdom, United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Architecture and Interior Design, Engineering, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: civil engineer, architect, activist, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: abolitionist, women's movement, author of Declaration of Sentiments, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Gloria Steinem 1934- From: United States: New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: feminist, journalist, activist Lucy Stone 1818-1893 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: abolitionist, suffragist, activist Sharon Stone 1958- From: United States: California, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: actress, activist Emily Stowe 1831-1903 From: Canada Fields: Education, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: teacher, school principal, physician, doctor, suffragist Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896 From: United States: Connecticut, Maine Fields: Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Key Words/Phrases: writer, novelist, abolitionist, teacher Aung San Suu Kyi 1945- From: Myanmar Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mary Burnett Talbert 1866-1923 From: United States: Arkansas, New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Grace Wilbur Trout 1864-1955 From: United States: Florida, Illinois, Iowa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 From: United States: Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 From: United States: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad Urvashi Vaid 1958- From: India, United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Alva Vanderbilt-Belmont 1853-1933 From: France, United States: Alabama, New York Fields: Human Rights, Other Sima Wali From: Afghanistan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Alice Walker 1944- From: United States: California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Mary Edwards Walker 1832-1919 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights Jean Webster 1876-1916 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Sarah Weddington 1945- From: United States: Texas Fields: Human Rights, Law Ida Bell Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 From: United States: Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Emma Willard 1787-1870 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Education, Human Rights Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard 1839-1898 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797 From: United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Philosophy Victoria Claflin Woodhull 1838-1927 From: United Kingdom, United States: New York, Ohio Fields: Business and Finance, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 From: United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Fanny Bullock Workman 1859-1925 From: France, Germany, United States: Massachusetts Fields: Exploration and Adventure, Human Rights Frances Wright 1795-1852 From: United Kingdom, United States: Tennessee Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Sakena Yacoobi From: Afghanistan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning |
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