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activists who wrote autobiography
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Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy (born 1972)

actor, Playboy Playmate, anti-vaccine activist, presenter, film producer, autobiographer

  • Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Louder Than Words
Stirring the pot
Life Laughs
Baby laughs
Mother warriors
Belly Laughs
Healing and preventing autism a complete guide
Love, Lust & Faking It
Jen-X
Love, lust & faking it
Bad habits
Jenny McCarthy Playmate Portfolio
Love, lust, & faking it
Ariel Levy
Ariel Levy (born 1974)

journalist, women's rights activist

  • Wesleyan University

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The rules do not apply
Female Chauvinist Pigs
Female chauvinist pigs
The best American essays 2015
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan (1921-2006)

journalist, women's rights activist, sociologist, psychologist

  • Smith College, University of California, Berkeley

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Life So Far
It changed my life
The second stage
The fountain of age
Living in the future
Beyond gender
The Feminine Mystique
Life so far
Femmes
Singen und Tanzen im Film
The problem that has no name
La révolte du 3e âge
Mythos Alter
Mi Vida Hasta Ahora (Feminismos)
Femmes le second souffle
The Fountain of Age
Der zweite Schritt
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)

politician, human rights activist

  • Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Oxford

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Voix du défi
The voice of hope
Freedom from fear
Letters from Burma
Let's visit Bhutan
Let's visit Burma
Let's visitNepal
Aung San of Burma
Freedom from fear and other writings
Burma and India
Aung San
Democratic Transition in Myanmar
Experiments with Truth
Freedom from fear
Letters from Burma
Voice of Hope
Cartas desde Birmania
Doʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ Cu Kraññʻ (suiʹ ma hutʻ) ʼa me lā rā lamʻʺ mha ṅrimʻʺ khyamʻʺ reʺ panʻʺ tve ve khaiʹ tayʻ
Praññʻ sū khyacʻ so Doʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ Cu Kraññʻ
Résistances
Der Weg zur Freiheit
La voix du défi
Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
Praññʻ sū khyacʻ taiʹ ʼa me puṃ ripʻ myāʺ Doʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ Cu Kraññʻ kambhā kyoʻ minʻʹ khvanʻʺ myāʺ, samuiṅʻʺ vaṅʻ ca kāʺ myāʺ
Burma and India
ʾJigs źum bral baʾi raṅ dbaṅ
ʼA myuiʺ sāʺ Dīmuikarecī ʼA phvaiʹ khyupʻ, ʼA thveʺ thveʺ ʼA tvaṅʻʺ reʺ mhūʺ Doʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ Cu Kraññʻ minʻʹ khvanʻʺ nhaṅʻʹ ʼa meʺ ʼa phre myāʺ
Doʻ ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ Cu Kraññʻ e* krāʺ phratʻ rveʺ kokʻ pvai samuiṅʻʺ vaṅʻ kha rīʺ cañʻ myāʺ
Biruma karano tegami
Aung San / Leaders of Asia Series
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Patrisse Khan-Cullors (born 1983)

activist

  • University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California

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When they call you a terrorist
Cuando te llaman terrorista
Self Evident Truths
The Solidarity Struggle
An Abolitionist's Handbook
Abolitionist's Handbook
# BlackLivesMatter
When They Call You a
Philippe Soupault
Philippe Soupault (1897-1990)

journalist, poet, playwright, librettist, political activist, essayist, critic, radio personality, publisher, artist, drawer, actor, broadcast journalist

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Lost profiles
Histoires merveilleuses des cinq continents
I'm lying
The Magnetic Fields
Mémoires de l'Oubli
Terpsichore
Dernières nuits de Paris
Les dernières nuits de Paris
Vingt mille et un jours
Eugène Labiche
Poésies pour mes amis les enfants
Apprendre à vivre
L' amitié
Alfred de Musset
Poèmes retrouvés, 1918-1981
Ecrits sur l'art du XXe siècle
Baudelaire
Voyage d'Horace Pirouelle
Profils perdus
Rose des vents
Le nègre
Écrits de cinéma
Le bon apôtre
Le temps des assassins
Collection fantôme
Age of assassins
Georgia, Epitaphes, Chansons et autres poèmes
Mort de Nick Carter
Henri Rouseau, le Douanier
Le bar de l'amour
Journal d'un fantôme, vu par A. Alexeieff
Sans phrases, précédé d'un entretien en guise de préf. avec Raphael Cluzel
Les moribunds
Poèmes et poésies
Helman
Jean Lurçat
Eugene Labiche
Le roi de la vie et autres nouvelles
Odes
Écrits sur la peinture
Georgia Epitaphes et Chansons
Henri Rousseau
Paolo Uccello
Le vrai André Breton
Les deux cents plus beaux poıemes de la langue française 13e au 19e siıecles choisis par les auditeurs de la Radio-télévision française, présentés par Philippe Soupault et Jean Chouquet
Souvenirs de James Joyce
Le Ne gre
Henri Rousseau, le douanier
Papazoff
The American influence in France
Poèmes et poésies, 1917-1973
Philippe Soupault
Guillaume Apollinaire
Écrits de cinéma 1918-1931
Lautréamont
Les deux cents plus beaux poèmes de la langue française (XIIIe au XIXe siècles)
Le grand homme
Le coeur d'or
Les frères Durandeau
Le vrai André Brenton
Where the Four Winds Blow
Le cœur d'or ..
Charlot
Eugene Labiche - Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre
Eugène Labiche; sa vie, son oeuvre
Littérature et le reste
En joue! ..
A la dérive
Poemes et Poesies / 1914 1973
Paolo Uccello
Philippe Soupault, le poete
Lautre amont
Journal d'un fantôme
Message de l'île déserte
William Blake
Ode to bombed London = Ode à Londres bombardée
Poésies complètes, 1917-1937
Le nègre
Xialuo wai zhuan
Histoire d'un blanc
Chant du Prince Igor
Guillaume Apollinaire
Philippe Soupault
Les deux cents plus beaux poèmes de la langue française (XIIIe au XIXe siècles)
Poèmes retrouvés, 1918-1981
Eugène Labiche
Philippe Soupault
Écrits de cinéma
Der Neger
Les Deux cents plus beaux poèmes de langue fran6̀aise (xiii au xix siècles) choisis
Carte postale
Georgia
Souvenirs de James Joyce
Patiences et silences de Philippe Soupault
Poèmes et poésies (1917-1973)
Le Roi de la vie
Automatic Message, The Magnetic Fields, The Immaculate Conception
Corps perdu
Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya (born 1978)

politician, women's rights activist

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Raising My Voice
A woman among warlords
Raising my voice
Una mujer contra los se–ores de la guerra
Ishah ben adone milḥamah
Janet Mock
Janet Mock (born 1983)

journalist, LGBTQ rights activist, television director, television actor, podcaster, film director

  • New York University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Redefining realness
Surpassing certainty
Luke Gilford