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Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) – American writer, civil rights leader and pacifist; Lola Maverick Lloyd (1875–1944) – American pacifist, suffragist, feminist; Elizabeth McAlister (born 1939) – American former nun, co-founder of Jonah House, peace activist; Bertha McNeill (1887–1979) – African-American WILPF leader and civil rights ...
Severine Casse (1805–1898) – women's rights activist, successful in fighting for a wife's right to dispose of her earnings; Karen Dahlerup (1920–2018), women's rights activist and politician; Ulla Dahlerup (born 1942) – writer, women's rights activist, member of the Danish Red Stocking Movement
Abolitionist and women's rights campaigner [39] 1700–1799: Judith Sargent Murray: United States: 1751: 1820: Early American proponent of female equality and author of On the Equality of the Sexes [40] 1700–1799: John Neal: United States: 1793: 1876: Writer, critic, and first American women's rights lecturer [41] [42] 1700–1799: Sarah ...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, a major milestone in the fight for gender-based equality. Successive movements — like Womanism, which arose to account ...
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
women's suffrage/women's rights leader Lucy Stone: 1818 1893 United States: women's suffrage/voting rights leader Frederick Douglass: 1818 1895 United States: abolitionist, women's rights and suffrage advocate, writer, organizer, black rights activist, inspiration Julia Ward Howe: 1818 1910 United States: writer, organizer, suffragette Susan B ...
She then co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus, was the first Black woman to serve on the House Rules Committee, and spent her life championing equality, pacifism, and ending poverty ...
Anna Maria Mozzoni (1837–1920) – pioneering women's rights activist and suffragist; Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958) – suffragist, business woman, and early lesbian activist; Ada Sacchi Simonetta (1874–1944) – women's rights activist, founder and leader of women's organizations