This list of feminists catalogues individuals who identify or have been identified as proponents of
feminist political
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...
,
economic
An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...
,
social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
, and personal principles for
gender equality
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...
.
Early feminists
Born before 1499.
16th-century feminists
Born between 1500 and 1599.
17th-century feminists
Born between 1600 and 1699.
18th-century feminists
Born between 1700 and 1799.
Early and mid 19th-century feminists
Born between 1800 and 1874.
Late 19th-century and early 20th-century feminists
Born between 1875 and 1939.
Mid to late 20th-century feminists
Born between 1940 and 1999.
Notable 20th and 21st-century feminists
Birth year is currently unavailable.
See also
*
First-wave feminist
First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused on De jure, legal issues, primarily on securing Women's suffrage, women's right to vot ...
s
*
Second-wave feminists
*
Third-wave feminists
*
Fourth-wave feminists
*
Ecofeminism
*
Feminist separatism
*
French feminism
*
Islamic feminists
*
Lesbian feminism
*
Radical feminism
*
Sex-positive feminism
Sex-positive feminism, also known as pro-sex feminism, sex-radical feminism, or sexually liberal feminism, is a feminist movement centering on the idea that sexual freedom is an essential component of women's freedom.
Sex-positive feminism cen ...
*
Suffragettes
*
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
*
Anti-pornography feminism
*
Anti-prostitution feminism
*
The Furies Collective
*
New York Radical Feminists
*
New York Radical Women
New York Radical Women (NYRW) was an early second-wave radical feminist group that existed from 1967 to 1969. They drew nationwide media attention when they unfurled a banner inside the 1968 Miss America pageant displaying the words "Women' ...
*
Redstockings
Redstockings, also known as Redstockings of the Women's Liberation Movement, is a radical feminist nonprofit that was founded in January 1969 in New York City, whose goal is "To Defend and Advance the Women's Liberation Agenda". The group's name ...
*
Riot grrrl
*
List of conservative feminisms
*
List of suffragists and suffragettes
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the public ...
*
List of women's rights activists
*
Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries
*
Timeline of women's rights (other than voting)
*
Timeline of women's suffrage
Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, so women and men from certain classes or races w ...
References
External links
National Women's History ProjectFemBio – Notable Women International
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feminists
Lists of social activists
Feminism-related lists
*