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Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014)
political activist, civil rights advocate, journalist, LGBTQ rights activist
Thomas King (born 1943)
radio personality, photographer, essayist, scholar of English, actor, film director, academic, activist
- University of Utah
Tariq Ali (born 1943)
journalist, historian, peace activist, politician, film director, producer
- University of Oxford, University of the Punjab
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
poet, polo player, autobiographer, LGBTQ rights activist, playwright, feminist
- New York University, University of Florida
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
poet, peace activist, lyricist, suffragist
Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952)
revolutionary, diplomat, women's rights activist, political theorist, People's Commissar, sociologist
- University of Zurich
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
journalist, philosopher, women's rights activist, autobiographer, social reformer, social critic, suffragette, peace activist, human rights activist, political theorist, sociologist
- Rockford University
Bo Yang (1920-2008)
poet, historian, translator, human rights activist
- Northeastern University, Lanzhou University