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activists who wrote historical fiction
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Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014)
political activist, civil rights advocate, journalist, LGBTQ rights activist
Joy Harjo (born 1951)
poet, musician, teacher, climate activist
- University of New Mexico, University of Iowa
Marianne Williamson (born 1952)
politician, peace activist, philanthropist
- Pomona College
Deborah Ellis (born 1960)
peace activist
Nh. Dini (1936-2018)
women's rights activist
Susan Abulhawa (born 1970)
journalist, human rights activist
- University of South Carolina, Pfeiffer University
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
playwright, translator, poet, women's rights activist
Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864-1960)
activist, composer, translator, suffragist