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activists who wrote historical fiction
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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
poet, satirist, philosopher, human rights activist, pamphleteer, Anglican priest, essayist, opinion journalist, public figure, priest
- Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford
Henning Mankell (1948-2015)
playwright, film director, human rights activist
Marge Piercy (born 1936)
poet, women's rights activist, activist, climate activist
- University of Michigan, Northwestern University
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, human rights activist, peace activist, pacifist, politician
- Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
poet, essayist, women's rights activist, peace activist
- Radcliffe College, Harvard University
Fay Weldon (1931-2023)
activist, autobiographer, opinion journalist, journalist
- University of St Andrews
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
poet, polo player, autobiographer, LGBTQ rights activist, playwright, feminist
- New York University, University of Florida
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
actor, women's rights activist, abolitionist
- Emma Willard School