List of feminists

This list of feminists catalogues individuals who identify or have been identified as proponents of feminist political, economic, social, and personal principles for gender equality.

Early feminists

Born before 1499.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1200–1300 Helen of Anjou Serbia 1236 1314 Serbian Queen, feminist, establisher of women's schools
1300–1400 Christine de Pizan Italy 1365 1430 Medieval court writer
1300–1400 Jefimija Serbia 1349 1405 Serbian politician, poet, diplomat
1400–1499 Laura Cereta Italy 1469 1499 Humanist and feminist writer
1400–1499 Balaram Das India unknown unknown 15th century Odia poet; first attempt in India towards feminism
1400–1499 Isabel de Villena Spain 1430 1460 Feminist Nun

16th-century feminists

Born between 1500 and 1599.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1500–1599 India Juliana Present-day Paraguay fl. 1542 fl. 1542 Guaraní woman who lived in the newly-founded Asunción, known for killing a Spanish colonist between 1538 and 1542 and urging other indigenous women to do the same.
1500–1599 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Germany 1486 1535 Male feminist, wrote Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus (Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex), a book pronouncing the theological and moral superiority of women
1500–1599 Jane Anger United Kingdom fl. 1589 fl. 1589 Protofeminist writer of Jane Anger her Protection for Women
1500–1599 Marie de Gournay France 1565 1645 Protofeminist writer of Egalité des hommes et des femmes (The equality of men and women)
1500–1599 Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi Italy 1501–1600 c. 1593 Protofeminist writer of The Worth of Women
1500–1599 Lucrezia Marinella Italy c. 1571 1653 Italian poet, author, and an advocate of women's rights
1500–1599 Izumo no Okuni Japan c. 1571 unknown Originator of kabuki theater

17th-century feminists

Born between 1600 and 1699.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1600–1699 Mary Astell United Kingdom c. 1666 1731 English feminist writer and rhetorician
1600–1699 Aphra Behn United Kingdom 1640 1689 Writer and protofeminist
1600–1699 Anne Bradstreet United Kingdom 1612 1672 North American colonial poet
1600–1699 Sophia Elisabet Brenner Sweden 1659 1724 Writer and women's rights activist
1600–1699 François Poullain de la Barre France 1647 1725 Male feminist philosopher
1600–1699 Sr. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Mexico 1648 1695 Hieronymite nun, scholar and poet
1600–1699 Ninon de l'Enclos France 1620 1795 Author, courtesan, and patron of the arts [citation needed]

18th-century feminists

Born between 1700 and 1799.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1700–1799 Abigail Adams United States 1744 1818 Wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams
1700–1799 Catharina Ahlgren Sweden 1734 1800 Female Swedish publisher and writer.
1700–1799 Annestine Beyer Denmark 1795 1884 Pioneer of women's education
1700–1799 Eleanor Butler Ireland 1739 1829 One of the Ladies of Llangollen
1700–1799 Marquis de Condorcet France 1743 1794
1700–1799 Olympe de Gouges France 1748 1793 Playwright and political activist who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in 1791
1700–1799 Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt France 1762 1817 Politician
1700–1799 Francisco de Miranda, Gen. Venezuela 1750 1816 Published an impassioned plea for women's education.
1700–1799 Madeleine de Puisieux France 1720 1798 Writer
1700–1799 Dorothea Erxleben Germany 1715 1762 First female medical doctor in Germany, argued for the right of women to study medicine and other disciplines at university
1700–1799 Charles Fourier France 1772 1837 Socialist feminist; philosopher; credited with coining the (French) word "féministe"
1700–1799 Jane Gomeldon United Kingdom c. 1720 1779 Writer and first to use the press to gain power through transparency.
1700–1799 Sarah Moore Grimké United States 1792 1873 Suffragist and abolitionist
1700–1799 Francis Hutcheson Ireland 1694 1746 Scottish-Irish philosopher, a founding father of the Scottish Enlightenment
1700–1799 Christian Isobel Johnstone United Kingdom 1781 1857 Journalist and author in Scotland
1700–1799 Anne Knight United Kingdom 1786 1862 Social reformer; pioneer of feminism
1701–1800 Anna Maria Lenngren Sweden 1754 1817 Writer, poet, and salonist; possibly a feminist
1700–1799 Lucretia Mott United States 1793 1880 Abolitionist and women's rights campaigner
1700–1799 Judith Sargent Murray United States 1751 1820 Early American proponent of female equality and author of On the Equality of the Sexes
1700–1799 John Neal United States 1793 1876 Writer, critic, and first American women's rights lecturer
1700–1799 Sarah Ponsonby Ireland 1755 1831 One of the Ladies of Llangollen
1700–1799 Mary Shelley United Kingdom 1797 1851 Early pioneer feminist
1700–1799 Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech Denmark 1759 after 1806 Dressed as a man to be able to work
1700–1799 Thomas Thorild Sweden 1759 1808 Male feminist, poet
1700–1799 William Thompson (philosopher) Ireland 1775 1833 Pro-feminist, socialist, collaborator of Anna Wheeler, author of "Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in Political, and thence in Civil and Domestic Slavery", 1825, first published appeal for equality of women
1700–1799 Sojourner Truth United States c. 1797 1883 First-wave feminist; abolitionist, women's rights activist, speaker, women's rights speech "Ain't I a Woman?"
1700–1799 Anna Wheeler Ireland 1785 1848 Feminist and socialist writer who networked Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, Henri Saint-Simon, William Thompson (philosopher) and Flora Tristan, Desiree Veret
1700–1799 Mary Wollstonecraft United Kingdom 1759 1797 Early pioneer proto-feminist. Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
1700–1799 Frances Wright United Kingdom 1795 1852 feminist

Early and mid 19th-century feminists

Born between 1800 and 1874.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1800–1874 Juliette Adam France 1836 1936
1800–1874 Jane Addams United States 1860 1935 Feminist; Women's Suffrage advocate; Major social activist, president Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
1800–1874 Gertrud Adelborg Sweden 1853 1942 Teacher and suffragist
1800–1874 Sophie Adlersparre Sweden 1823 1895 Publisher; one of three most notable pioneers of women's rights movement in Sweden
1800–1874 Alfhild Agrell Sweden 1849 1923
1800–1874 Soteria Aliberty Greece 1847 1929
1800–1874 Jules Allix France 1818 1897 Socialist; feminist
1800–1874 Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner Germany 1874 1930 Woman Suffrage
1800–1874 Qasim Amin Egypt 1863 1908 Muslim feminist; early advocate of women's rights in Egyptian society
1800–1874 Ellen Anckarsvärd Sweden 1833 1898 Co-founded the Married Woman's Property Rights Association
1800–1874 Adelaide Anderson United Kingdom 1863 1936
1800–1874 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson United Kingdom 1836 1917 Feminist, suffragist; first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in the UK; co-founder of first hospital staffed by women
1800–1874 Louisa Garrett Anderson United Kingdom 1873 1943 Suffragette
1800–1874 Maybanke Anderson Australia 1845 1927 Suffragette
1800–1874 Susan Anthony United States 1820 1906 Woman Suffrage advocate; played a pivotal role in movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States
1800–1874 Lovisa Årberg Sweden 1801 1881 First female doctor in Sweden
1800–1874 Edith Archibald Canada 1854 1936 Suffragist; led the Maritime Women's Christian Temperance Union, the National Council of Women of Canada and the Local Council of Women of Halifax
1800–1874 Concepción Arenal Spain 1820 1893
1800–1874 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll United Kingdom 1848 1939 Suffragette
1800–1874 Ottilie Assing Germany 1819 1884
1800–1874 Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi Iran 1859 1921 Writer
1800–1874 Louise Aston Germany 1814 1871
1800–1874 Hubertine Auclert France 1848 1914 Feminist activist, suffragette
1800–1874 Olympe Audouard France 1832 1890
1800–1874 Alice Constance Austin United States 1862 1955 Socialist feminist; radical feminist
1800–1874 Rachel Foster Avery United States 1858 1919 First-wave feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 John Goodwyn Barmby United Kingdom 1820 1881
1800–1874 Marie Bashkirtseff Ukraine 1858 1884 feminist; French feminist
1800–1874 José Batlle y Ordóñez Uruguay 1856 1929
1800–1874 Anna Bayerová Czech Republic 1853 1924
1800–1874 Jean Beadle Australia 1868 1942 Feminist; social worker; political activist
1800–1874 August Bebel Germany 1840 1913 Communist; male
1800–1874 Alaide Gualberta Beccari Italy 1868 1930 Socialist feminist; radical feminist
1800–1874 Lydia Becker United Kingdom 1827 1890 Suffragette
1800–1874 Catharine Beecher United States 1800 1878
1800–1874 Alva Belmont United States 1853 1933 Suffrage leader; speaker; author
1800–1874 Louie Bennett Ireland 1870 1956 Suffrage leader
1800–1874 Ethel Bentham United Kingdom 1861 1931 Progressive doctor, politician and suffragette
1800–1874 Victoire Léodile Béra France 1824 1900
1800–1874 Signe Bergman Sweden 1869 1960
1800–1874 Annie Besant United Kingdom 1847 1933 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Clementina Black United Kingdom 1853 1922 Feminist, writer, trade unionist
1800–1874 Alice Stone Blackwell United States 1857 1950 Feminist and journalist, editor of Woman's Journal, a major women's rights publication
1800–1874 Antoinette Brown Blackwell United States 1825 1921 Founded American Woman Suffrage Association with Lucy Stone in 1869
1800–1874 Elizabeth Blackwell United States 1821 1910 First-wave feminist
1800–1874 Henry Browne Blackwell United States 1825 1909 Businessman, abolitionist, journalist, suffrage leader and campaigner
1800–1874 Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch United States 1856 1940 Suffragist
1800–1874 Amelia Bloomer United States 1818 1894 Suffragist, publisher and editor of The Lily, advocated for many women's issues
1800–1874 Barbara Bodichon United Kingdom 1827 1891
1800–1874 Laura Borden Canada 1861 1940 President of the Local Council of Women of Halifax
1800–1874 Lily Braun Germany 1865 1916
1800–1874 Fredrika Bremer Sweden 1801 1865 Writer, feminist activist and pioneer of the organized women's rights movement in Sweden
1800–1874 Ursula Mellor Bright United Kingdom 1835 1915 Suffragette
1800–1874 Emilia Broomé Sweden 1866 1925
1800–1874 Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton United Kingdom 1869 1923 Suffragette
1800–1874 Katharine Bushnell United States 1856 1946
1800–1874 Josephine Butler United Kingdom 1828 1906
1800–1874 Pancha Carrasco Costa Rica 1826 1890
1800–1874 Frances Jennings Casement United States 1840 1928 Suffragette
1800–1874 Carrie Chapman Catt United States 1859 1947 Suffrage leader, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, founder of League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women
1800–1874 Maria Cederschiöld Sweden 1856 1935 Suffragette
1800–1874 William Henry Channing United States 1810 1884 Minister, author
1800–1874 Mary Agnes Chase United States 1869 1963 Socialist feminist; suffragist
1800–1874 Ada Nield Chew United Kingdom 1870 1945 Suffragette
1800–1874 Tennessee Celeste Claflin United States 1844 1923 suffragist
1800–1874 Alice Clark United Kingdom 1874 1934
1800–1874 Helen Bright Clark United Kingdom 1840 1972 Suffragette
1800–1874 Florence Claxton United Kingdom 1840 1879
1800–1874 Francis Power Cobbe Ireland 1822 1904
1800–1874 Mary Ann Colclough New Zealand 1836 1885 Feminist; social reformer
1800–1874 Anna "Annie" Julia Cooper United States 1858 1964 Suffragist
1800–1874 Marguerite Coppin Belgium 1867 1931 Woman poet laureate of Belgium and advocate of women's rights
1800–1874 Ida Crouch-Hazlett United States 1870 1941 Socialist feminist; suffragist
1800–1874 Emily Wilding Davison United Kingdom 1872 1913 Suffragist
1800–1874 Jenny d'Hericourt France 1809 1875
1800–1874 Voltairine de Cleyre United States 1866 1912 Individualist feminist; anarcha-feminist
1800–1874 Isabelle Gatti de Gamond Belgian 1839 1905 Educator, feminist, suffragist, politician
1800–1874 Augustine De Rothmaler Belgian 1859 1942 Pedagogue, feminist
1800–1874 Caroline Rémy de Guebhard France 1855 1929
1800–1874 Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau France 1849 1932
1800–1874 Draga Dejanović Serbia 1840 1871
1800–1874 Josefina Deland Sweden 1814 1890 Writer, teacher, founded Society for Retired Female Teachers)
1800–1874 Maria Deraismes France 1828 1894
1800–1874 Jeanne Deroin France 1805 1894
1800–1874 Charlotte Despard née French United Kingdom 1844 1939 Suffragette
1800–1874 Wilhelmina Drucker Netherlands 1847 1925 First wave feminist, political activist and writer
1800–1874 Louisa Margaret Dunkley Australia 1866 1927 Labour organizer
1800–1874 Marguerite Durand France 1864 1936 Suffragette
1800–1874 Friedrich Engels Germany 1820 1895 Communist; male
1800–1874 Emily Faithfull United Kingdom 1835 1895
1800–1874 Millicent Garrett Fawcett United Kingdom 1847 1929 Long-time president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
1800–1874 Astrid Stampe Feddersen Denmark 1852 1930 Chaired the first Scandinavian meeting on women's rights
1800–1874 Anna Filosofova Russia 1837 1912 Early Russian woman's rights activist
1800–1874 Louise Flodin Sweden 1828 1923
1800–1874 Mary Sargant Florence United Kingdom 1857 1954 Suffragette
1800–1874 Isabella Ford United Kingdom 1855 1924 Socialist feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 Margaret Fuller United States 1810 1850 Transcendentalist, critic, advocate for women's education, author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century
1800–1874 Matilda Joslyn Gage United States 1826 1898 Suffragist, editor, writer, organizer
1800–1874 Marie-Louise Gagneur France 1832 1902 Feminist writer
1800–1874 Eliza Gamble United States 1841 1820 Intellectual and an advocate of the Women's Movement
1800–1874 William Lloyd Garrison United States 1805 1879 Abolitionist, journalist, organizer, advocate
1800–1874 Edith Margaret Garrud United Kingdom 1872 1971 Trained the 'Bodyguard' unit of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in jujutsu self-defence techniques
1800–1874 Désirée Gay France 1810 1891 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Charlotte Perkins Gilman United States 1860 1935 Ecofeminist
1800–1874 Wil van Gogh Netherlands 1862 1941
1800–1874 Emma Goldman United Kingdom 1869 1940 Individualist feminist; Russian-American campaigner for birth control and other rights
1800–1874 Vida Goldstein Australia 1869 1949 Early Australian feminist politician; first woman in the British Empire to stand for election to a national parliament
1800–1874 Grace Greenwood United States 1823 1904 First woman reporter on the New York Times payroll, advocate for social reform and women's rights
1800–1874 Angelina Emily Grimké United States 1805 1879 First-wave feminist; Woman Suffrage advocate
1800–1874 Bella Guerin Australia 1858 1923 Socialist feminist; first woman to graduate from an Australian university
1800–1874 Marianne Hainisch Austria 1839 1936 Proponent of women's right to work and to receive education
1800–1874 Marion Coates Hansen United Kingdom 1870 1947 Suffragette
1800–1874 Jane Ellen Harrison United Kingdom 1850 1928
1800–1874 Anna Haslam Ireland 1829 1922 Major figure in early women's movement in Ireland, founded the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association
1800–1874 Anna Hierta-Retzius Sweden 1841 1924 Women's rights activist and philanthropist
1800–1874 Thomas Wentworth Higginson United States 1828 1911 Abolitionist, minister, author
1800–1874 Marie Hoheisel Austria 1873 1947 Women's rights activist. Chair of Austrian Mothers' Day Committee
1800–1874 Laurence Housman United Kingdom 1865 1959 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Julia Ward Howe United States 1819 1910 Suffragist, writer, organizer
1800–1874 Louisa Hubbard United Kingdom 1836 1906
1800–1874 Aletta Jacobs Netherlands 1854 1929
1800–1874 Kang Youwei China 1858 1927
1800–1874 Abby Kelley United States 1811 1887 Suffragist and activist
1800–1874 Grace Kimmins United Kingdom 1871 1954 [citation needed]
1800–1874 Anna Kingsford United Kingdom 1846 1888 Ecofeminist
1800–1874 Toshiko Kishida Japan 1863 1901
1800–1874 Evgenia Konradi Russian Empire 1838 1898 Socialist feminist, writer, essayist
1800–1874 Lotten von Kræmer Sweden 1828 1912 Baroness, writer, poet, philanthropist, founder of the literary society Samfundet De Nio
1800–1874 Marie Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie Canada 1867 1945 Suffragette; self-taught jurist
1800–1874 Louisa Lawson Australia 1848 1920 Suffragette; radical pro-republican federalist; author and publisher
1800–1874 Mary Lee Australia, Ireland 1821 1909 Suffragette
1800–1874 Anna Leonowens United Kingdom, India 1831 1915 Travel writer, educator, social activist
1800–1874 Fredrika Limnell Sweden 1816 1897
1800–1874 Mary Livermore United States 1820 1905 Women's rights journalist, suffragist
1800–1874 Belva Lockwood United States 1830 1917
1800–1874 Margaret Bright Lucas United Kingdom 1818 1890 Suffragette
1800–1874 Christian Maclagan United Kingdom 1811 1901
1800–1874 Kitty Marion United Kingdom 1871 1944 Socialist feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 Harriet Martineau United Kingdom 1802 1876
1800–1874 Eleanor Marx United Kingdom 1855 1898 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Rosa Mayreder Austria 1858 1938
1800–1874 Nellie McClung Canada 1873 1951 Feminist and suffragist; part of The Famous Five
1800–1874 Helen Priscilla McLaren United Kingdom 1851 1934
1800–1874 Louise Michel France 1830 1905 anarcha-feminist
1800–1874 Harriet Taylor Mill United Kingdom 1807 1858 Early pioneer feminist
1800–1874 John Stuart Mill United Kingdom 1806 1873 Early Pioneer
1800–1874 Hannah Mitchell United Kingdom 1872 1956 Socialist feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 Katti Anker Møller Norway 1868 1945 First-wave feminist
1800–1874 Agda Montelius Sweden 1850 1920 Feminist; suffragette; philanthropist, chairman of the Fredrika-Bremer-förbundet
1800–1874 Anna Maria Mozzoni Italy 1837 1920 First-wave feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 Flora Murray United Kingdom 1869 1923 Suffragette
1800–1874 Clarina I. H. Nichols United States 1810 1885 First-wave feminist; suffragist
1800–1874 Draga Obrenović Serbia 1864 1903 Queen consort;
1800–1874 Louise Otto-Peters Germany 1819 1895
1800–1874 Emmeline Pankhurst United Kingdom 1858 1928 Suffragette; one of the founders and the leader of the British suffragette movement
1800–1874 Maud Wood Park United States 1871 1955 Founder College Equal Suffrage League, first president League of Women Voters
1800–1874 Madeleine Pelletier France 1874 1939 French feminist; First-wave feminist; Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Gabrielle Petit France 1860 1952 feminist activist, anticlerical, libertarian socialist
1800–1874 Wendell Phillips United States 1811 1884 Abolitionist, orator, lawyer
1800–1874 Jyotiba Phule India 1827 1890 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
1800–1874 Eugénie Potonié-Pierre France 1844 1898
1800–1874 Eleanor Rathbone United Kingdom 1872 1946
1800–1874 Élisabeth Renaud France 1846 1932 Co-founder Groupe Feministe Socialiste
1800–1874 Dorothy Richardson United Kingdom 1873 1957
1800–1874 Edith Rigby United Kingdom 1872 1948 Suffragette
1800–1874 Bessie Rischbieth Australia 1874 1967) Earliest female appointed to any court; early activist against the practice of taking Aboriginal children from their mothers
1800–1874 Eliza Ritchie Canada 1856 1933 Prominent suffragist, executive member of the Local Council of Women of Halifax
1800–1874 Harriet Hanson Robinson United States 1825 1911
1800–1874 Pauline Roland France 1805 1852
1800–1874 Rosalie Roos Sweden 1823 1898 Writer and pioneer of the organized women's rights movement in Sweden
1800–1874 Ernestine Rose United States, Russia-Poland 1810 1892 Suffragette
1800–1874 Hilda Sachs Sweden 1857 1935 Journalist, writer and feminist
1800–1874 George Sand France 1804 1876 Early pioneer feminist
1800–1874 Anna Sandström Sweden 1854 1931 Educational reformer
1800–1874 Auguste Schmidt Germany 1833 1902
1800–1874 Olive Schreiner South Africa 1855 1920
1800–1874 Rose Scott Australia 1847 1925 Suffragette
1800–1874 Anna Howard Shaw United States 1847 1919 President of National Women's Suffrage Association 1904–1915
1800–1874 Kate Sheppard New Zealand 1848 1934 Influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first country and national election in which women were allowed to vote)
1800–1874 Tarabai Shinde India 1850 1910
1800–1874 Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff United Kingdom 1814 1897 Early pioneer feminist
1800–1874 Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick United Kingdom 1845 1936
1800–1874 Dame Ethel Mary Smyth United Kingdom 1858 1944 Suffragette
1800–1874 Anna Garlin Spencer United States 1851 1931
1800–1874 Elizabeth Cady Stanton United States 1815 1902 Social activist, abolitionist, suffragist, organizer of the 1848  Women's Rights Convention, co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the International Council of Women
1800–1874 Anna Sterky Sweden, Denmark 1856 1939
1800–1874 Helene Stöcker Germany 1869 1943
1800–1874 Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja Serbia 1828 1878 Feminist; war correspondent; writer; poet
1800–1874 Lucy Stone United States 1818 1893 Orator, organizer of the first National Women's Rights Convention, founder of the Woman's Journal, and first recorded American woman to retain her surname after marriage
1800–1874 Emily Howard Stowe Canada 1831 1903 Physician, advocate for women's inclusion in the medical professional community, founder of the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association
1800–1874 Helena Swanwick United Kingdom 1864 1939 Suffragette
1800–1874 Frances Swiney United Kingdom 1847 1922 Suffragette
1800–1874 Táhirih Iran 1814/17 1852 Bábí poet, theologian, and proponent of women's rights in 19th-century Iran
1800–1874 Caroline Testman Denmark 1839 1919 Co-founder of the Dansk Kvindesamfund
1800–1874 Martha Carey Thomas United States 1857 1935
1800–1874 Sybil Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda United Kingdom 1857 1941 Suffragette
1800–1874 Flora Tristan France 1803 1844 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Harriet Tubman United States 1820 1913 First-wave feminist
1800–1874 Thorstein Veblen United States 1857 1929 Economist; sociologist; male
1800–1874 Alice Vickery United Kingdom 1844 1929 Physician, supporter of birth control as means of emancipation of women
1800–1874 Beatrice Webb United Kingdom 1858 1943 Socialist feminist
1800–1874 Ida B. Wells United States 1862 1931 Civil rights and anti-lynching activist, suffragist noted for her refusal to avoid media attention because she was African American
1800–1874 Anna Whitlock Sweden 1852 1930 Feminist, suffragette; school pioneer, journalist
1800–1874 Karolina Widerström Sweden 1856 1949 Suffragette
1800–1874 Frances Willard United States 1839 1898 Suffragist and organizer, Socialist feminist; suffragette
1800–1874 Charlotte Wilson United Kingdom 1854 1944 radical feminist
1800–1874 Victoria Woodhull United States 1838 1927 First-wave feminist; suffragist, organizer, innovator, first woman to run for U.S. presidency
1800–1874 Frederick Douglass United States c. 1818 1895 Male suffragist
1800–1874 Caroline Kauffmann France c. 1840s 1924
1800–1874 Natalie Zahle Denmark 1827 1913 Working for women's right to education.
1800–1874 Puah Rakovsky Poland - Israel 1865 1955 Empowerment of women

Late 19th-century and early 20th-century feminists

Born between 1875 and 1939.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1875–1939 Bella Abzug United States 1920 1998 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Ángela Acuña Braun Costa Rica 1888 1983
1875–1939 Madeleine Albright United States, Czechoslovakia 1937 64th United States Secretary of State, and at the time, the highest ranking woman in US history. She is a staunch supporter of the feminist cause.
1875–1939 Wim Hora Adema Netherlands 1914 1998 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist
1875–1939 Anna Caspari Agerholt Norway 1892 1943 Educator on women's rights with Norwegian National Women's Council, women's movement historian
1875–1939 Alan Alda United States 1936
1875–1939 Dolores Alexander United States 1931 2008 Anti-pornography feminist
1875–1939 Maya Angelou United States 1928 2014 Civil rights activist
1875–1939 Margery Corbett Ashby United Kingdom 1882 1981 Suffragette
1875–1939 Ksenija Atanasijević Serbia 1894 1981 Suffragette; philosopher; first PhD in a Serbian university
1875–1939 Ti-Grace Atkinson United States 1938 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Margaret Atwood Canada 1939 Third-wave feminist
1875–1939 Helene Aylon United States 1931 2020 Ecofeminist
1875–1939 Eva Bacon Australia 1909 1994 Feminist and Socialist
1875–1939 Faith Bandler Australia 1918 2015 Feminist and civil rights activist
1875–1939 Lois W. Banner United States 1939
1875–1939 Thelma Bate Australia 1904 1984 Community leader, advocate for inclusion of Aboriginal women in Country Women's Association
1875–1939 Rosalyn Baxandall United States 1939 2015 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; New York Radical Women
1875–1939 Mary Ritter Beard United States 1876 1958 Feminist; historian
1875–1939 Joan Beauchamp United Kingdom 1890 1964 Suffragette
1875–1939 Kay Beauchamp United Kingdom 1899 1992
1875–1939 Simone de Beauvoir France 1908 1986 Second-wave feminist; philosopher; writer
1875–1939 Helen Bentwich United Kingdom 1892 1972
1875–1939 Rosa May Billinghurst United Kingdom 1875 1953 Suffragette
1875–1939 Teresa Billington-Greig United Kingdom 1877 1964 Suffragette
1875–1939 Dorothy Lee Bolden United States 1923 2002 Trade unionist
1865–1964 Jeanne Bouvier France 1865 1964 Feminist; trade unionist
1875–1939 Elsie Bowerman United Kingdom 1889 1973 Suffragette
1875–1939 Helen Gurley Brown United States 1922 2012 Author of Sex and the Single Girl, long-time editor of Cosmopolitan
1875–1939 Stella Browne Canada 1880 1955 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Susan Brownmiller United States 1935 Second-wave feminist; anti-pornography feminist; radical feminist
1875–1939 Katherine Burdekin United Kingdom 1896 1963
1875–1939 Lucy Burns United States 1879 1966 Suffragette; suffragist and women's rights activist
1875–1939 Karlyn Kohrs Campbell United States 1937
1875–1939 Clara Campoamor Spain 1888 1972 Suffragette, politician
1875–1939 Luisa Capetillo Puerto Rico 1879 1922 Puerto Rican labor union suffragette; jailed for wearing pants in public
1875–1939 Liz Carpenter United States 1920 2010
1875–1939 Elvia Carrillo Puerto Mexico 1878 1967
1875–1939 Florence Fernet-Martel Canada 1892 1986 Second-wave feminist; suffragette; educator, mostly active in Quebec
1875–1939 Thérèse Casgrain Canada 1896 1981 Second-wave feminist; suffragette; politician and senator, mostly active in Quebec
1875–1939 Jacqueline Ceballos United States 1925 Founder of Veteran Feminists of America
1875–1939 Enid Charles United Kingdom 1894 1972 radical feminist
1875–1939 Shirley St Hill Chisholm United States 1924 2005 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Hélène Cixous France 1937
1875–1939 Margaret "Gretta" Cousins Ireland 1878 1954 Irish-Indian suffragist, established All India Women's Conference, co-founded Irish Women's Franchise League
1875–1939 Eva Cox Australia 1938 Sociologist; long-time member of the Women's Electoral Lobby
1875–1939 Jill Craigie United Kingdom 1911 1999 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Minnie Fisher Cunningham United States 1882 1964
1875–1939 Thelma Dailey-Stout United States 1918 2005 Civil rights activist and organizer
1875–1939 Hamid Dalwai India 1932 1977 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Mary Daly United States 1928 2010 Second-wave feminist; Ecofeminist
1875–1939 Sonja Davies New Zealand 1923 2005 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Alicia Moreau de Justo Argentina 1885 1986 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Agnes de Silva Sri Lanka 1885 1961 Pioneered women's suffrage issues in Sri Lanka.
1875–1939 Ana María Pérez del Campo Spain 1936 Lawyer, feminist and writer, divorce law
1875–1939 Barbara Deming United States 1917 1984
1875–1939 Ezlynn Deraniyagala Sri Lanka 1908 1973
1875–1939 Betty Dodson United States 1929 2020 Third-wave feminist; sex-positive feminist
1875–1939 Sediqeh Dowlatabadi Iran 1882 1962 Journalist and women's rights activist
1875–1939 Carol Downer United States 1933 Second-wave feminist; founder of women's self-help movement, feminist, author, health activist, attorney
1875–1939 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz United States 1939 Radical feminist
1875–1939 Crystal Eastman United States 1881 1928 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Françoise d'Eaubonne France 1920 2005 Ecofeminist
1875–1939 Esther Eillam Israel 1939 Second-wave feminist, Mizrahi feminist, major founder of Israel's feminist movement
1875–1939 Norah Elam United Kingdom, Ireland 1878 1961 Radical feminist; suffragette
1875–1939 Cynthia Enloe United States 1938 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Mohtaram Eskandari Iran 1895 1924 Woman's rights activist, founder of "Jam'iat e nesvan e vatan-khah" (Society of Patriotic Women
1875–1939 Vilma Espín Cuba 1930 2007
1875–1939 Elizabeth Evatt Australia 1933 Legal reformist and juror; first Australian to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
1875–1939 Myrlie Evers-Williams United States 1933 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Leonora Eyles United Kingdom 1889 1960 Author, "agony aunt"
1875–1939 Lidia Falcón Spain 1935
1875–1939 Frances Farrer United Kingdom 1895 1977
1875–1939 Geraldine Ferraro United States 1935 2011
1875–1939 Ana Figuero Chile 1908 1970
1875–1939 Marianne Githens United States 1936 2018 Political scientist, author
1875–1939 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn United States 1890 1964 Socialist feminist; suffragette
1875–1939 Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Ford United States 1918 2011 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Gerald Ford United States 1913 2006 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Miles Franklin Australia 1879 1954 Feminist; writer
1875–1939 Clara Fraser United States 1923 1998 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist
1875–1939 Elisabeth Freeman United States 1876 1942 Suffragist and civil rights activist, participated in the Suffrage Hikes
1875–1939 Marilyn French United States 1929 2009 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist
1875–1939 Betty Friedan United States 1921 2006 Second-wave feminist; writer
1875–1939 Carol Gilligan United States 1936 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Françoise Giroud France 1916 2003 Journalist, writer, politician [citation needed]
1875–1939 Judy Goldsmith United States 1938 President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1982 to 1985
1875–1939 Jane Goodall United Kingdom 1934
1875–1939 Vivian Gornick United States 1935 Radical feminist
1875–1939 Lois Gould United States 1931 2002
1875–1939 Jane Grant United States 1892 1972
1875–1939 Germaine Greer United Kingdom 1939 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Colette Guillaumin France 1934 2017
1875–1939 Tahar Haddad Tunisia 1897 1935 Muslim feminist
1875–1939 Lizzy Lind af Hageby Sweden 1878 1963
1875–1939 Charlotte Haldane United Kingdom 1894 1969
1875–1939 Gisèle Halimi France 1927 2020
1875–1939 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah India 1921 2000 Muslim feminist
1875–1939 Bertha Harris United States 1937 2005 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Caroline Haslett United Kingdom 1895 1957
1875–1939 He Xiangning China 1878 1972 Revolutionary, feminist
1875–1939 Dorothy Hewett Australia 1923 2002 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Nicole Hollander United States 1939
1875–1939 Pak Hon-yong South Korea 1900 1956
1875–1939 Mary Howell United States 1932 1998
1875–1939 Edith How-Martyn United Kingdom 1875 1954 Suffragette
1875–1939 Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim Sudan 1933 2017 Muslim feminist
1875–1939 Fusae Ichikawa Japan 1893 1981
1875–1939 Luce Irigaray France 1930
1875–1939 Sonia Johnson United States 1936
1875–1939 Jill Johnston United States 1929 2010
1875–1939 Claudia Jones United Kingdom, United States, Trinidad and Tobago 1915 1964 Suffragette
1875–1939 Rosalie Gardiner Jones United States 1883 1978 Organizer of the Suffrage Hikes
1875–1939 Alice Jouenne France 1873 1954 First-wave feminist
1875–1939 Marie Juchacz Germany 1879 1956
1875–1939 Raden Adjeng Kartini Indonesia 1879 1904 Muslim feminist; Javanese advocate for native Indonesian women, critic of polygamous marriages and lack of education opportunities for women
1875–1939 Shidzue Katō Japan 1897 2001 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff Belgium 1833 1917 Feminist, women's rights activist
1875–1939 Aoua Kéita Mali 1912 1980
1875–1939 Florynce Kennedy United States 1916 2000 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Annie Kenney United Kingdom 1879 1953 Suffragette
1875–1939 Yamakawa Kikue Japan 1890 1980 Socialist feminist; anti-prostitution feminist
1875–1939 Coretta Scott King United States 1927 2006 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Mabel Ping-Hua Lee United States 1896 1966 Suffragist; first Chinese woman to earn a PhD from Columbia University
1875–1939 Gerda Lerner Austria 1920 2013
1875–1939 Audre Lorde United States 1934 1992 Third-wave feminist
1875–1939 Mina Loy United Kingdom 1882 1966
1875–1939 Rae Luckock Canada 1893 1972 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda United Kingdom 1883 1958 Suffragette
1875–1939 Agnes Macphail Canada 1890 1954
1875–1939 Dora Marsden United Kingdom 1882 1960
1875–1939 Elizabeth Holloway Marston United Kingdom 1893 1993
1875–1939 William Moulton Marston United States 1893 1947
1875–1939 Nicole-Claude Mathieu France 1937 2014 Empress French feminist; material feminist
1875–1939 Else Mayer Germany 1891 1962 First-wave feminist [citation needed]
1875–1939 Antonia Maymón Spain 1881 1959
1875–1939 Carolyn Merchant United States 1936 Ecofeminist
1875–1939 Maria Mies Germany 1931 Ecofeminist; professor of sociology and author
1875–1939 Inez Milholland United States 1886 1916 Key participant in the National Woman's Party and the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913
1875–1939 Kate Millett United States 1934 2017 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Laure Moghaizel Lebanon 1929 1997 Lebanese lawyer and women's rights advocate
1875–1939 Florence Nagle United Kingdom 1894 1988 Feminist; first woman in Britain to officially train racehorses.
1875–1939 Diane Nash United States 1938 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader and organizer, voting rights proponent
1875–1939 Malak Hifni Nasif Egypt 1886 1918 Feminist writer
1875–1939 Anaïs Nin United States, France 1903 1977
1875–1939 Helena Normanton United Kingdom 1882 1957
1875–1939 Alexis Nour Romania 1877 1940
1875–1939 Yoko Ono United States, Japan 1933
1875–1939 Alicia Ostriker United States 1937 Third-wave feminist
1875–1939 Grace Paley United States 1922 2007
1875–1939 Adela Pankhurst United Kingdom 1885 1961
1875–1939 Christabel Pankhurst United Kingdom 1880 1958 Suffragette; co-founder and leader of the Women's Social and Political Union
1875–1939 Sylvia Pankhurst United Kingdom 1882 1960 Suffragette
1875–1939 Frances Parker United Kingdom 1875 1924
1875–1939 Alice Paul United States 1885 1977 One of the leaders of the 1910s Women's Voting Rights Movement for the 19th Amendment; founder of National Woman's Party, initiator of the Silent Sentinels and the 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade, author of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment
1875–1939 Eva Perón Argentina 1919 1952
1875–1939 Frédérique Petrides United States, Belgium 1903 1983 Feminist; pioneering orchestral conductor, activist and editor of Women in Music, a series of periodicals chronicling the activities of women in music
1875–1939 Marion Phillips United Kingdom 1881 1932 Suffragette
1875–1939 Sylvia Plath United States 1932 1963
1875–1939 Val Plumwood Australia 1939 2008 Ecofeminism
1875–1939 Letty Cottin Pogrebin United States 1939
1875–1939 Eileen Powell Australia 1913 1997 Trade unionist, women's activist and important contributor to the Equal Pay for Equal Work decision
1875–1939 Millicent Preston-Stanley Australia 1883 1955 First female member of the NSW Legislative Assembly; campaigned for the custodial rights of mothers in divorce and women's healthcare
1875–1939 Lorine Livingston Pruette United States 1896 1977
1875–1939 Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Nigeria 1900 1978 Foremost Nigerian women's rights activist
1875–1939 Claire Rayner United Kingdom 1931 2010
1875–1939 Adrienne Rich United States 1929 2012
1875–1939 Mary Richardson United Kingdom 1889 1961 Suffragette
1875–1939 Léa Roback Canada 1903 2000 Feminist; workers' union activist tied with the communist party
1875–1939 Hilary Rose United Kingdom 1935
1875–1939 Agnes Maude Royden United Kingdom 1876 1956 Suffragette
1875–1939 Florence Rush United States 1918 2008
1875–1939 Joanna Russ United States 1937 2011 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Diana E. H. Russell South Africa 1938 2020 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist;anti-pornography feminist
1875–1939 Dora Russell United Kingdom 1894 1986 Feminist; progressive campaigner, advocate of marriage reform, birth control and female emancipation
1875–1939 Manuel Sacristán Spain 1925 1985 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Nawal el-Sadaawi Egypt 1931 2021
1875–1939 Idola Saint-Jean Canada 1880 1945 Suffragette; journalist
1875–1939 Celia Sánchez Cuba 1920 1980 Early pioneer feminist
1875–1939 Ellen Sandelin Sweden 1862 1907 Physician, lecturer
1875–1939 Flora Sandes United Kingdom 1876 1956 Feminist Sgt. Major in Serbian Army
1875–1939 Margaret Sanger United States 1879 1966 Socialist feminist; Founder of American Birth Control League; co-founder and long-time president of Planned Parenthood; writer, nurse
1875–1939 Milunka Savić Serbia 1888 1973 First European combatant, soldier, feminist
1875–1939 Rosika Schwimmer Hungary 1877 1948 Pacifist, feminist, suffragist and diplomat
1875–1939 Barbara Seaman United States 1935 2008
1875–1939 Baroness Seear United Kingdom 1913 1997
1875–1939 Huda Shaarawi Egypt 1879 1947 Muslim feminist; organizer for the Mubarrat Muhammad Ali (women's social service organization), the Union of Educated Egyptian Women and the Wafdist Women's Central Committee, founder and first president of the Egyptian Feminist Union
1875–1939 Alix Kates Shulman United States 1932 Radical feminist
1875–1939 Ruth Simpson United States 1926 2008
1875–1939 Monica Sjöö Sweden 1938 2005 Ecofeminist
1875–1939 Eleanor Smeal United States 1939 Second-wave feminist; organizer, initiator, president of NOW, founder and president of the Feminist Majority Foundation
1875–1939 Valerie Solanas United States 1936 1988 Radical feminist
1875–1939 Jo Spence United Kingdom 1934 1992
1875–1939 Gloria Steinem United States 1934 Second-wave feminist; Socialist feminist; radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist; writer
1875–1939 Doris Stevens United States 1892 1963 Organizer for National American Women Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Party, prominent Silent Sentinels participant, author Jailed for Freedom
1875–1939 Sandy Stone United States 1936 Transfeminist; Second-wave feminist; Theorist, author, and performance artist
1875–1939 Marie Stopes United Kingdom 1880 1958
1875–1939 Mary Stott United Kingdom 1907 2002
1875–1939 Jessie Street Australia 1889 1970 Suffragette, feminist; human rights campaigner; influential in labour rights and early days of UN
1875–1939 Louisa Strittmater United States 1896 1944 Feminist whose division of her estate to the National Woman's Party as listed in her will was controversially contested.
1875–1939 Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill United Kingdom 1901 1980
1875–1939 Maya Surduts France 1937 2016 Human rights activist, feminist and reproductive rights campaigner
1875–1939 Maria Svolou Greece 1890s 1976 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Elisabeth Tamm Sweden 1880 1958
1875–1939 Mavis Tate United Kingdom 1893 1947
1875–1939 Joan Kennedy Taylor United States 1926 2005
1875–1939 Renee Taylor New Zealand 1929 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Tcheng Yu-hsiu China 1891 1959 Revolutionary
1875–1939 Rini Templeton United States 1935 1986 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Dorothy Thompson United States 1893 1961 Buffalo and New York suffragist, later an influential journalist and radio broadcaster
1875–1939 J. Ann Tickner United States 1937
1875–1939 Winifred Todhunter United Kingdom 1877 1961
1875–1939 Jill Tweedie United Kingdom 1936 1993
1875–1939 Mabel Vernon United States 1883 1975 Suffragist, principal member of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, major organizer for the Silent Sentinels
1875–1939 Roosje Vos The Netherlands 1876 1961 Trade unionist, suffragist and politician
1875–1939 Harriet Shaw Weaver United Kingdom 1860 1932 Suffragette
1875–1939 Nesta Helen Webster United Kingdom 1876 1960
1875–1939 Louise Weiss France 1893 1983 Journalist, writer, politician
1875–1939 Trude Weiss-Rosmarin United States, Germany 1908 1989
1875–1939 Clara Wichmann Netherlands, Germany, 1885 1922 radical feminist
1875–1939 Audrey Wise United Kingdom 1935 2000
1875–1939 Monique Wittig France 1935 2003
1875–1939 Nellie Wong United States 1934 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Virginia Woolf United Kingdom 1882 1941 First-wave feminist
1875-1939 Sylvia Wynter Jamaica, United States 1928 Black feminist
1875–1939 Molly Yard United States 1912 2005 Second-wave feminist
1875–1939 Adelina Zendejas Mexico 1909 1993 Socialist feminist
1875–1939 Llibertat Ródenas Rodriguez Spain 1892 1970 Anarcho-syndicalist and feminist activist and militant, member of the Mujeres Libres group
1875–1939 Amparo Poch y Gascón Spain 1902 1968 Doctor by profession and an anarchist, pacifist and feminist activist, one of the co-founders of the Mujeres Libres group
1875–1939 Mercè Comaposada Spain 1901 1994 Lawyer and pedagogue by profession and an anarcho-feminist, one of the co-founders of the Mujeres Libres group
1875–1939 Lucía Sánchez Saornil Spain 1895 1970 Anarcho-syndicalist and feminist activist, poet and one of the co-founders of the Mujeres Libres group

Mid to late 20th-century feminists

Born between 1940 and 1999.

Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1940–1999 Zsuzsanna Budapest Hungary 1940 Founder of the female-only tradition of the Dianic Wicca religion
1940–1999 Lesley Abdela United Kingdom 1945 Expert on women's rights and representation
1940–1999 Patricia Monaghan United States 1946 2012 Proponent of the American Goddess movement
1940–1999 Brooke Ackerly United States 1966 Expert on feminist theory, feminist international relations, and scholar activism
1940–1999 Carol J. Adams United States 1951 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigeria & United States 1977 Writer, social commentator, feminist author
1940–1999 Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar United Kingdom 1944 Muslim feminist, professor of politics and women's studies, member of the British House of Lords
1940–1999 Leila Ahmed Egypt 1940 Writer on Islam Islamic feminism
1940–1999 Sara Ahmed United Kingdom 1969 British-Australian academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism
1940–1999 Widad Akrawi Denmark 1969 Writer and doctor, advocate for gender equality and women's empowerment and participation in peace building and post-conflict governance
1940–1999 Linda Martín Alcoff United States 1955 Philosopher at the City University of New York
1940–1999 Ayaan Hirsi Ali United States, Netherlands, Somalia, 1969 Somali-Dutch feminist and atheist activist, writer and politician
1940–1999 Pam Allen United States 1943 A founder of New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Isabel Allende Chile, United States 1942 Writer
1940–1999 Jane Alpert United States 1947 Radical feminist
1940–1999 Tori Amos United States 1963 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Gloria E. Anzaldúa United States 1942 2004 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Maria Arbatova USSR 1957
1940–1999 Parvin Ardalan Iran 1967 Women's rights activist
1940–1999 Judith Astelarra Argentina 1943 Sociologist specializing in gender studies
1940–1999 Élisabeth Badinter France 1944 Dissident
1940–1999 Raquel Olea Chile 1944 prominent figure of feminism in Chile
1940–1999 Judi Bari United States 1949 1997 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Kathleen Barry United States 1941 Anti-prostitution feminist
1940–1999 Benedetta Barzini Italy 1943 Radical feminist
1940–1999 Jennifer Baumgardner United States 1970 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Alison Bechdel United States 1960 Cartoonist, author; creator of the Bechdel test
1940–1999 Melissa Benn United Kingdom 1957 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Julie Bindel United Kingdom 1962 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Kat Blaque United States 1990 Transfeminist, Third-wave feminist, Vlogger
1940–1999 Rosie Boycott United Kingdom 1951
1940–1999 Dionne Brand Canada 1953
1940–1999 Giannina Braschi Puerto Rico 1953 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Johanna Brenner United States 1942 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Susie Bright United States 1958 Third-wave feminist; sex-positive feminism
1940–1999 Flora Brovina Kosovo 1949
1940–1999 Rita Mae Brown United States 1944 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings
1940–1999 Carrie Brownstein United States 1974 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Tammy Bruce United States 1962 Dissident feminist
1940–1999 Charlotte Bunch United States 1944 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Louise Burfitt-Dons United Kingdom 1953 Conservative feminist
1940–1999 Judith Butler United States 1956 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Octavia Butler United States 1947 2006
1940–1999 Lydia Cacho Mexico 1963
1940–1999 Beatrix Campbell United Kingdom 1947 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Angela Carter United Kingdom 1940 1992 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Ana Castillo United States 1953
1940–1999 Phyllis Chesler United States 1940 Feminist author, professor
1940–1999 Margaret Cho United States 1968 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Nancy Chodorow United States 1944
1940–1999 Hillary Clinton United States 1947
1940–1999 Kurt Cobain United States 1967 1994 Feminist musician
1940–1999 Susan G. Cole Canada 1952 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Patricia Hill Collins United States 1948 Third-wave feminist; Black feminist
1940–1999 Sandra Coney New Zealand 1944 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Noreen Connell United States 1947 radical feminist
1940–1999 Jeanne Córdova United States 1948 2016 Second-wave feminist; lesbian and gay rights activist
1940–1999 Rosalind Coward United Kingdom 1952
1940–1999 Laverne Cox United States 1972 Transfeminist
1940–1999 Bernadette Cozart United States 1949 2009 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Nikki Craft United States 1949 Radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist; suffragist; one of the main organizers of the Suffrage Hikes
1940–1999 Jean Curthoys Australia 1947 Dissident
1940–1999 Kimberly Dark United States 1968 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Françoise David Canada 1948 Feminist; politician
1940–1999 Angela Davis United States 1944 Second-wave feminist; Black feminist
1940–1999 Geena Davis United States 1956 Actor, founder of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
1940–1999 Martha Davis United States 1957 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon France 1962 Third-wave feminist [citation needed]
1940–1999 Christine Delphy France 1941 Socialist feminist; material feminist
1940–1999 Julie Delpy France 1969 [citation needed]
1940–1999 Mark Dery United States 1959 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–1999 Ani DiFranco United States 1970 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Gail Dines United Kingdom 1958 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Unity Dow Botswana 1959 Judge and writer; plaintiff in a case that allowed children of Motswana women and foreign men to be considered Batswana
1940–1999 Carol Ann Duffy United Kingdom 1955
1940–1999 Andrea Dworkin United States 1946 2005 Radical feminist; anti-prostitution feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Shirin Ebadi Iran 1947 Muslim feminist; activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts for the rights of women and children
1940–1999 Barbara Ehrenreich United States 1941 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Beth Elliott United States 1950 Transfeminist, Second-wave feminist, folk-singer, activist, and writer
1940-1999 Lindsay Ellis United States 1984 Video Essayist
1940–1999 Misako Enoki Japan 1945 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Susan Faludi United States 1959 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Fadia Faqir United Kingdom, Jordan 1956
1940–1999 Melissa Farley United States 1942 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Johanna Fateman United States 1974 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Kathy Ferguson United States 1950 Individualist feminist
1940–1999 Shulamith Firestone Canada 1945 2012 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Feminists; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Estelle Freedman United States 1947 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Jo Freeman United States 1945 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Juliette Fretté United States 1983 Sex-positive feminist
1940–1999 Marilyn Frye United States 1941
1940–1999 Antonella Gambotto-Burke Australia and Great Britain 1965 Fourth-wave feminist
1940–1999 Lindsey German United Kingdom 1951
1940–1999 Tavi Gevinson United States 1996 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Lois Marie Gibbs United States 1951 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Stan Goff United States 1951 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Lucy Goodison United Kingdom c. 1940s
1940–1999 Heide Göttner-Abendroth Germany 1941 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 John Green United States 1977
1940–1999 Susan Griffin United States 1943 Ecofeminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Miss Major Griffin-Gracy United States 1940 Transfeminist
1940–1999 Emily Haines Canada 1974 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Daphne Hampson United Kingdom 1944
1940–1999 Kathleen Hanna United States 1968 Third-wave feminist; riot grrrl
1940–1999 Donna Haraway United States 1944 Second-wave feminist; Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Nancy Hartsock United States 1943 2015 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Rosemary Hennessy United States 1950 Material feminist
1940–1999 Shere Hite Germany 1942 2020
1940–1999 Sarah Hoagland United States 1945 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel Philippines 1966 Filipina women's right activist Philippines
1940–1999 Gillian Howie United Kingdom 1955 2013
1940–1999 Donna M. Hughes United States 1954 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Holly Hunter United States 1958 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Anna Hutsol UKR 1984 FEMEN
1940–1999 Stevi Jackson United Kingdom 1951 Material feminist
1940–1999 Karla Jay United States 1947
1940–1999 Kirthi Jayakumar India 1987 Intersectional Feminist
1940–1999 Sheila Jeffreys Australia 1948 Second-wave feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Robert Jensen United States 1958 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Joan Jett United States 1958 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Claire Johnston United Kingdom 1940 1987
1940–1999 Miranda July United States 1974 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Mohja Kahf Syria 1967 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 Sheema Kalbasi Iran 1972 Writer and advocate for human rights and gender equality
1940–1999 Wendy Kaminer United States 1949 Sex-positive feminist
1940–1999 Marcelle Karp United States 1964 Third-wave feminist; sex-positive feminist
1940–1999 Roz Kaveney United Kingdom 1949 Transfeminist; Writer, critic, and poet
1940–1999 Jamie Lauren Keiles United States 1992 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Lierre Keith United States 1964 Anti-pornography feminist; Radical feminist
1940–1999 Petra Kelly Germany 1947 1992 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Jean Kilbourne United States 1943 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Grace Ji-Sun Kim United States, South Korea 1969 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Sirje Kingsepp Estonia 1969 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Barbara Kingsolver United States 1955 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Anne Klein Germany 1941 2011 Berlin Senator for women, youth and family
1940–1999 Bonnie Sherr Klein United States 1941 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Naomi Klein Canada 1970 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Anne Koedt United States 1941 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Feminists; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Elaheh Koulaei Iran 1956 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 Sunitha Krishnan India 1972 Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, an institution that assists trafficked women, girls and transgender people in finding shelter, giving education and employment
1940–1999 Julia Kristeva France, Bulgaria 1941
1940–1999 Winona LaDuke United States 1959 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Laura Lederer United States 1951 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Ellie Levenson United Kingdom 1978
1940–1999 Ariel Levy United States 1974 Third-wave feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Olga Lipovskaya Russia 1954 2021
1940–1999 Jacqueline Livingston United States 1943 2013 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Linda Lovelace United States 1949 2002 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Wangari Maathai Kenya 1940 2011 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Catharine MacKinnon United States 1946 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Madonna United States 1958 sex-positive feminist
1940–1999 Patricia Mainardi United States 1942 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Sara Maitland United Kingdom 1950
1940–1999 Catherine Malabou France 1959
1940–1999 Irshad Manji Canada 1968 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 Soe Tjen Marching Indonesia 1971
1940–1999 Amanda Marcotte United States 1977
1940–1999 Mirjana Marković Serbia 1942 2019 Politician; writer
1940–1999 Angela Mason United Kingdom 1944 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Liza Maza Philippines 1957 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Susan McClary United States 1946
1940–1999 Deirdre McCloskey United States 1942 Feminist economist
1940–1999 Wendy McElroy Canada 1951
1940–1999 Patricia McFadden Swaziland 1952 Radical feminist
1940–1999 Angela McRobbie United Kingdom 1951
1940–1999 Rigoberta Menchú Guatemala 1959
1940–1999 Fatima Mernissi Morocco 1940 2015 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 Juliet Mitchell United Kingdom 1940 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Hayao Miyazaki Japan 1941 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Tracey Moberly United Kingdom 1964
1940–1999 Janet Mock United States 1983 Transfeminist
1940–1999 Chandra Talpade Mohanty India 1955 Postcolonial and Transnational feminism theorist
1940–1999 Maxine Molyneux United Kingdom 1948
1940–1999 Cherríe Moraga United States 1952
1940–1999 Caitlin Moran United Kingdom 1975
1940–1999 Robin Morgan United States 1941 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Bonnie J. Morris United States 1961 Feminist scholar, author; women's movement, lesbian culture, and women's music historian
1940–1999 Laura Mulvey United Kingdom 1941
1940–1999 Sally Rowena Munt United Kingdom 1960 Feminist academic and lesbian theorist, author of Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identity and Cultural Space (1998)
1940–1999 Jenni Murray United Kingdom 1950
1940–1999 Inga Muscio United States c. 1966 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Kathy Najimy United States 1957 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Suniti Namjoshi India 1941 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–1999 Uma Narayan United States 1958 Postcolonial feminist
1940–1999 Taslima Nasrin Bangladesh 1962 Feminist of Muslim origin
1940–1999 Asra Nomani India 1965 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 Isa Noyola United States 1978 Transfeminist, Latina transgender activist and national leader in the LGBT immigrant rights movement
1940–1999 Martha Nussbaum United States 1947
1940–1999 Ann Oakley United Kingdom 1944 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Sandra Oh Canada, United States 1971 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Lars Ohly Sweden 1957 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Terry O'Neill United States c. 1953
1940–1999 Elliot Page Canada 1987 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Camille Paglia United States 1947 Dissident feminist, academic, author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
1940–1999 Amanda Palmer United States 1976 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Carole Pateman United Kingdom 1940
1940–1999 Nancy Paterson (artist) United States 1953 2010 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–1999 Peaches Canada 1966 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Sue Perlgut United States Second-wave feminist; poet
1940–1999 Vesna Pešić Serbia 1940 Feminist; diplomat; politician
1940–1999 Irene Peslikis United States 1943 2002 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Liz Phair United States 1967 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Mary Pipher United States 1947 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Katha Pollitt United States 1949
1940–1999 Griselda Pollock Canada 1949 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Soraya Post Sweden 1956
1940–1999 Anastasia Powell Australia 1982 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Manasi Pradhan India 1962
1940–1999 Sharon Presley United States 1943 Individualist feminist
1940–1999 Maria Raha United States 1972 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Janice Raymond United States 1943 Second-wave feminist; anti-prostitution feminist
1940–1999 Bernice Johnson Reagon United States 1942 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Helen Reddy United States, Australia, 1941 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Tucker Reed United States 1989 Student leader in the Title IX and campus rape awareness movement, founder of the national organization Student Coalition Against Rape; author of books notable for their realistic depiction of characters with social development disorders
1940–1999 Elizabeth Anne Reid Australia 1942 World's first advisor on women's affairs to a head of state (Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and active on women's development for the UN; also prominent in HIV activism
1940–1999 Abby Rockefeller United States 1943 Radical feminist
1940–1999 Ninotchka Rosca Philippines 1946 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Jacqueline Rose United Kingdom 1949
1940–1999 Sheila Rowbotham United Kingdom 1943 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Gayle Rubin United States 1949 Sex-positive feminist; Queer theorist
1940–1999 Alzira Rufino Brazil 1949 Feminist and activist associated with the Black Movement
1940–1999 Shadi Sadr Iran 1975 Women's rights activist
1940–1999 Gita Sahgal United Kingdom, India 1956/7
1940–1999 Sarojini Sahoo India 1956
1940–1999 JD Samson United States 1978 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Michael Sandel United States 1953
1940–1999 Justin Sane United States, Ireland 1973 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso 1949 1987
1940–1999 Kathie Sarachild United States 1943 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Anita Sarkeesian United States, Canada 1983
1940–1999 Marjane Satrapi France, Iran 1969 Muslim feminist
1940–1999 John Scalzi United States 1969
1940–1999 Alice Schwarzer Germany 1942 Second-wave feminist; anti-pornography feminist; journalist and publisher of the magazine Emma
1940–1999 Gudrun Schyman Sweden 1948 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Lynne Segal Australia 1944 Second-wave feminist; Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Julia Serano United States 1967 Transfeminist
1940–1999 Shamima Shaikh South Africa 1960 1998 South African activist, member of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa, proponent of Islamic gender equality
1940–1999 Shahla Sherkat Iran 1956 Muslim feminist; journalist
1940–1999 Vicki Shiran Israel 1947 2004 Mizrahi feminist
1940–1999 Vandana Shiva India 1952 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Elaine Showalter United States 1941
1940–1999 Ann Simonton United States 1952 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Carol Smart United Kingdom 1948
1940–1999 Barbara Smith United States 1946
1940–1999 Joan Smith United Kingdom 1953 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Valerie Smith Canada 1956 Anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Kate Smurthwaite United Kingdom 1975
1940–1999 Cornelia Sollfrank Germany 1960 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–1999 Patricia Soltysik United States 1950 1974 Radical feminist
1940–1999 Christina Hoff Sommers United States 1950 Dissident
1940–1999 Kate Soper United Kingdom 1943
1940–1999 Donita Sparks United States 1963 Third-wave feminist; Riot grrrl
1940–1999 Dale Spender Australia 1943 2023 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Charlene Spretnak United States 1946 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Annie Sprinkle United States 1954 Third-wave feminist; Sex-positive feminist
1940–1999 Starhawk United States 1951 Ecofeminist
1940–1999 Patrick Stewart United Kingdom 1940 Socialist feminist
1940–1999 John Stoltenberg United States 1944 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–1999 Nadine Strossen United States 1950 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Anne Summers Australia 1945 Women's rights activist; women's advisor to Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating and editor of Ms. magazine (New York)
1940–1999 Cathy Harkin Northern Ireland 1942 1985 Women's refuge
1940–1999 Karlina Leksono Supelli Indonesia 1958
1940–1999 Kazimiera Szczuka Poland 1966
1940–1999 Lili Taylor United States 1967 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Roya Toloui Iran 1966 Women's rights activist
1940–1999 Corin Tucker United States 1972 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Robin Tunney United States 1972 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Urvashi Vaid United States, India 1958
1940–1999 Tobi Vail United States 1969 Third-wave feminist; Riot grrrl
1940–1999 Jessica Valenti United States 1978 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Virginia Vargas Peru 1945
1940–1999 Norah Vincent United States 1968 Dissident feminist
1940–1999 Hilary Wainwright United Kingdom 1949 Second-wave feminist; Socialist feminist
1940–1999 Alice Walker United States 1944 radical feminist; Black feminist
1940–1999 Rebecca Walker United States 1969 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Michele Wallace United States 1952 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Natasha Walter United Kingdom 1967 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Peng Wan-ru Taiwan 1949 1996
1940–1999 Gloria Jean Watkins United States 1952 Third-wave feminist; Socialist feminist; Black feminist
1940–1999 Emma Watson England 1990 Actor, feminist, United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador
1940–1999 Joss Whedon United States 1964 Male feminist
1940–1999 Faith Wilding United States, Paraguay 1943 Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–1999 Ellen Willis United States 1941 2006 Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; sex-positive feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Women
1940–1999 Oprah Winfrey United States 1954 Second-wave feminist
1940–1999 Valerie Wise United Kingdom 1955
1940–1999 Naomi Wolf United States 1962 Dissident feminist; Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Allison Wolfe United States 1969 Third-wave feminist
1940–1999 Elizabeth Wurtzel United States 1967 2020
1940–1999 Cathy Young United States, Russia 1963
1940–1999 Malala Yousafzai Pakistan 1997 Pakistani feminist activist for female education
1940–1999 Stasa Zajovic Serbia 1953 Co-founder and coordinator of Women in Black
1940–1999 Julie Zeilinger United States 1993 Third-wave feminist

Notable 20th and 21st-century feminists

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Period (birth) Name Country Born Died Comments Source
1940–2024 Lorraine Bethel United States 20th century Second-wave feminist
1940–2024 Lauran Bethell United States 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist
1940–2024 Sandra Bloodworth Australia 20th century Labour historian, socialist activist, co-founder of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative, editor of Marxist Left Review
1940–2024 D. A. Clarke United States 20th century Radical feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–2024 Mary Clark-Glass United Kingdom 20th century
1940–2024 Carol Cohn United States 20th century Gender and armed conflict
1940–2024 Donna Dresch United States 20th century Third-wave feminist; Riot grrrl
1940–2024 Gunilla Ekberg Sweden 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist
1940–2024 Mary Flanagan United States 20th century Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–2024 Deborah Frances-White Australia and Great Britain 20th century Stand-up comedian; Feminist in the community of Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
1940–2024 Carol Hanisch United States 20th century Second-wave feminist; radical feminist; Redstockings; New York Radical Women
1940–2024 Luzviminda Ilagan Philippines 20th century Socialist feminist
1940–2024 Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani Iran 20th century Muslim feminist
1940–2024 Andrew Kooman Canada 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist; anti-pornography feminist
1940–2024 Peggy Kornegger United States 20th century
1940–2024 Donna Laframboise Canada 20th century Dissident feminist
1940–2024 Paris Lees United Kingdom 20th century Transfeminist, journalist, presenter, and transgender rights activist
1940–2024 Dorchen Leidholdt United States 20th century Anti-pornography feminist
1940–2024 Kristin Lems United States 20th century Activist, singer/songwriter
1940–2024 Sara Hlupekile Longwe Zambia 20th century radical feminist
1940–2024 Joanna Maycock Belgium and Great Britain 20th century European women's rights campaigner
1940–2024 Jamie McIntosh Canada 20th century Lawyer and women's rights activist
1940–2024 Page Mellish United States 20th century Anti-pornography feminist
1940–2024 Honor Moore United States 20th century
1940–2024 Meghan Murphy Canada 20th century Journalist; radical feminist; anti-sex industry feminist
1940-2024 Nalini Nayak India 20th century
1940–2024 Benjamin Nolot United States 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist
1940–2024 Jerilynn Prior Canada 20th century
1940–2024 Kathy Rudy United States 20th century Ecofeminist
1940–2024 Debbie Stoller United States 20th century Third-wave feminist; sex-positive feminist
1940–2024 Lucy Suchman United Kingdom 20th century Third-wave feminist; cyberfeminist
1940–2024 Helen Sworn United Kingdom 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist
1940–2024 Kajsa Wahlberg Sweden 20th century Anti-prostitution feminist; Sweden's national rapporteur on human trafficking opposition activities
1940–2024 Warcry United States 20th century Radical feminist
1940–2024 Kaia Wilson United States 20th century Third-wave feminist
1940–2024 Alice Wolfson United States 20th century
1940–2024 Sande Zeig United States 20th century
1940–2023 Rita Puspa Zakaria Indonesia 20th century Muslim civil servant and women's rights activist

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