All Activism & Feminism

A nurse, social reformer, suffragist, peace and civil rights activist. The founder of the Henry Street Settlement and several health organizations in the US.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism.

A suffrage leader, educator, and politician. The first Latina to run for US Congress and one of the first’s women to serve as a government official in New Mexico.
Category: Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism, Politics & Leaders.

A pioneer architect, an educator, and an activist. Several of her designs are included in the tallest woman-designed buildings in the world.
Category: Arts, Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism.

A Catholic human rights activist, pacifist, and journalist. The co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Religion & Ethnic Culture, Media.

A writer, a poet, an editor, and a women's rights advocate. Known for authoring the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and campaigning for making Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Category: Literature & Poetry, Activism & Feminism.

An environmental activist and a consumer advocate. Famous for the case she built against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California in 1993.
Category: Law, Activism & Feminism.

The first female lawyer on the west coast, a public defender pioneer, an editor, and a suffrage leader.
Category: Law, Activism & Feminism.

Abolitionist, suffragist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. The first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.
Category: Media, Law, Activism & Feminism.

The first African-American woman and the first Native American civil pilot in the US.
Category: Science & Technology, Activism & Feminism.

A feminist artist, art educator, and writer.
Category: Arts, Activism & Feminism.