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Jane Addams
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Philanthropist / 1860 - 1935
Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.
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(1860-1935)
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Philanthropist
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Louisa May Alcott
Author / 1832 - 1888
Louisa May Alcott was an American author who wrote the classic novel Little Women, as well as various works under pseudonyms.
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(1832-1888)
Author
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Susan B. Anthony
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Publisher, Journalist / 1820 - 1906
Susan B. Anthony was a prominent American civil rights activist and leader during the women's suffrage movement of the 1800s.
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(1820-1906)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Publisher, Journalist
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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Government Official / 1879 - 1964
Nancy Astor (1879–1965) was the first woman to serve in the British Parliament, where she advocated temperance, women's rights and German appeasement.
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(1879-1964)
Government Official
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Alva Belmont
Women's Rights Activist, Philanthropist / 1853 - 1933
Alva Belmont was a wealthy socialite who used her fortune to advance the women's rights movement of the early 1900s.
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(1853-1933)
Women's Rights Activist, Philanthropist
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Harriot Stanton Blatch
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1856 - 1940
The daughter of famous suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot Stanton Blatch continued her mother's work in the women's rights movement.
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(1856-1940)
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
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Amelia Bloomer
Women's Rights Activist, Fashion Designer, Publisher, Journalist / 1818 - 1894
Amelia Bloomer was a women's rights activist. She advocated for changes in women's fashion that would be less restrictive. "Bloomers" are named after her.
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(1818-1894)
Women's Rights Activist, Fashion Designer, Publisher, Journalist
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Women's Rights Activist / 1859 - 1947
Women’s rights activist and suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt came up with the “Winning Plan” to pass the 19th amendment in 1920.
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(1859-1947)
Women's Rights Activist
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Emily Davison
Women's Rights Activist / 1872 - 1913
Militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison fought to gain equal voting rights for British women before dying at the Epsom Derby in 1913.
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(1872-1913)
Women's Rights Activist
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Dorothy Day
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Religious Leader, Editor, Journalist / 1897 - 1980
Dorothy Day was an activist who worked for such social causes as pacifism and women’s suffrage through the prism of the Catholic Church.
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(1897-1980)
Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Religious Leader, Editor, Journalist
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Mary Baker Eddy
Prophet, Theologian, Journalist / 1821 - 1910
Mary Baker Eddy was a Christian religious reformer and founder of the religious denomination known as Christian Science.
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(1821-1910)
Prophet, Theologian, Journalist
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Matilda Joslyn Gage
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Philanthropist, Journalist / 1826 - 1898
Matilda Joslyn Gage was an author and one of the leading figures in the women's rights and suffrage movement that began in the mid-1800s.
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(1826-1898)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Philanthropist, Journalist
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Sarah Moore Grimké
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1792 - 1873
Abolitionist and feminist Sarah Moore Grimké and her sister Angelina were the first women to testify before a state legislature on the issue of blacks' rights.
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(1792-1873)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
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Mary Livermore
Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist / 1820 - 1905
Mary Livermore was an American and social reformer who devoted her life to women's suffrage and the temperance movement.
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(1820-1905)
Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Journalist
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Belva Lockwood
Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer, Political Leader / 1830 - 1917
Activist and lawyer Belva Lockwood was the first woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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(1830-1917)
Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer, Political Leader
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Mary Mahoney
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Nurse / 1845 - 1926
Mary Mahoney became the first black woman to complete nurse's training in 1879.
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(1845-1926)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Nurse
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Lucretia Mott
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1793 - 1880
Lucretia Mott was a leading social reformer of her time and helped to form the Free Religious Association.
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(1793-1880)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Women's Rights Activist / 1858 - 1928
British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, which fought for the vote using militant tactics prior to WWI.
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(1858-1928)
Women's Rights Activist
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Alice Paul
Women's Rights Activist / 1885 - 1977
Suffragette Alice Paul dedicated her life's work to women's rights and was a key figure in the push for the 19th Amendment.
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(1885-1977)
Women's Rights Activist
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Jeannette Rankin
Women's Rights Activist, U.S. Representative / 1880 - 1973
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was a committed pacifist.
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(1880-1973)
Women's Rights Activist, U.S. Representative
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Charlotte E. Ray
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer / 1850 - 1911
Charlotte E. Ray was the first female African-American lawyer in the United States.
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(1850-1911)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Lawyer
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Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist / 1913 - 2005
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.
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(1913-2005)
Civil Rights Activist
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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1842 - 1924
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was an American community leader and women's rights activist who focused particularly on issues affecting African-American women.
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(1842-1924)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
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Margaret Sanger
Activist / 1879 - 1966
Margaret Sanger was an early feminist and women's rights activist who coined the term "birth control" and worked towards its legalization.
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(1879-1966)
Activist
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Rose Schneiderman
Activist / 1882 - 1972
Rose Schneiderman was a labor activist, union leader and social reformer. She held labor-related positions in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration during the Great Depression.
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(1882-1972)
Activist
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Anna Howard Shaw
Women's Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Minister, Writer / 1847 - 1919
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was the first female minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. She spent most of her life working for the cause of women's suffrage.
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(1847-1919)
Women's Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Minister, Writer
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Kate Sheppard
Women's Rights Activist / 1847 - 1934
Kate Sheppard was a leader in the New Zealand women's suffrage movement, helping women gain the right to vote in New Zealand.
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(1847-1934)
Women's Rights Activist
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's Rights Activist / 1815 - 1902
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an early leader of the woman's rights movement, writing the Declaration of Sentiments as a call to arms for female equality.
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(1815-1902)
Women's Rights Activist
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Lucy Stone
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist / 1818 - 1893
Lucy Stone was a leading activist and pioneer of the abolition and women's rights movements.
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(1818-1893)
Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
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Helen Taft
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, U.S. First Lady / 1861 - 1943
Helen Taft was a schoolteacher, political adviser and U.S. First Lady who was the wife of President William Howard Taft.
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(1861-1943)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, U.S. First Lady
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Mary Church Terrell
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1863 - 1954
Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.
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(1863-1954)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
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Dorothy Thompson
Radio Personality, Journalist / 1893 - 1961
Outspoken and ambitious, Dorothy Thompson became a well-known journalist during the 1930s to the 1950s.
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(1893-1961)
Radio Personality, Journalist
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Sojourner Truth
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist / 1797 - 1883
Sojourner Truth is best known for her extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851.
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(1797-1883)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
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Mary Walker
Women's Rights Activist, Doctor, Nurse, Surgeon / 1832 - 1919
Mary Walker was a physician and women's rights activist who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.
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(1832-1919)
Women's Rights Activist, Doctor, Nurse, Surgeon
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Julia Ward Howe
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Songwriter, Poet / 1819 - 1910
Julia Ward Howe was a women's rights activist, abolitionist and writer who penned the poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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(1819-1910)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Songwriter, Poet
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Ida B. Wells
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist / 1862 - 1931
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.
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(1862-1931)
Civil Rights Activist, Journalist
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Emma Willard
Educator / 1787 - 1870
Emma Willard (1787-1870) was a vocal supporter of female education, and started her own school in Troy, New York that is still going strong.
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(1787-1870)
Educator
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Maud Wood Park
Women's Rights Activist / 1871 - 1955
Maud Wood Park was a women's rights activist who worked for the cause of suffrage. She was the first national president of the League of Women Voters.
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(1871-1955)
Women's Rights Activist
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Victoria Woodhull
Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Publisher / 1838 - 1927
Victoria Woodhull was a spiritualist, activist, politician and author who was the first woman to run for the presidency of the United States.
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(1838-1927)
Women's Rights Activist, Editor, Publisher