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Judith Butler (born 1956)
philosopher, sociologist, literary critic, women's rights activist, journalist, art theorist, gender theorist, social scientist
- Yale University
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
translator, poet, literary critic, women's rights activist, journalist
- Harvard University, Columbia University
Mary Daly (1928-2010)
theologian, philosopher, women's rights activist
- The Catholic University of America, University of Fribourg
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
diplomat, autobiographer, politician, women's rights activist, journalist, peace activist, human rights activist, columnist
- New School, Allenswood Boarding Academy
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
poet, essayist, women's rights activist, peace activist
- Radcliffe College, Harvard University
Annie Besant (1847-1933)
essayist, orator, journalist, editor, politician, feminist, theosophist, suffragist, women's rights activist, civil rights advocate, freedom fighter
- Birkbeck, University of London
Kelly Oliver (born 1958)
philosopher, women's rights activist, academic
- Northwestern University
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
playwright, translator, poet, women's rights activist