All 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.

One of the first female physicians in the US, a public health reformer, and the first female State Senator elected in the US.
Category: Health, Politics & Leaders, Activism & Feminism.

A workers-rights advocate, the 4th US Secretary of Labor, the first woman in this position, the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary, and the first woman to serve in a Presidential cabinet.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Activism & Feminism, Academy & Education.

A philanthropist, civic and suffrage leader, social reformer, and an advocate for the Juvenile Protective Association and its first president.
Category: Activism & Feminism.

Abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and philanthropist. A prominent figure in Chicago’s African-American community in the 19th century, operating a station of the underground railroad from her home.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Philanthropy.

A suffrage leader and the co-founder of the National Woman’s Party.
Category: Activism & Feminism.