Biographies as a list

American politician

1920–1998 · New York City

Malagasy politician

1931–2011 · Ambanja

Social Reformer, feminist, journalist, writer and traveller

1857–1951 · Frankfort

Cameroonian politician

1950–2024 · Maroua

Tunisian communist and activist

1921–1995 · Gabès

American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer

1860–1935 · Cedarville

Turkish social reformer and statesperson

1884–1964 · Istanbul

Publisher, editor, writer an a women's rights activist

1823–1895

Egyptian painter

1924–1989 · Shobra

Uruguayan modernist poet

1886–1914 · Montevideo

Egyptian Islamic activist, philanthropist, traveller and writer

1870–1951 · Cairo

British teacher and suffragette

1885–1958 · Blything Rural District

Editor

1853–1933 · Forshälla församling

Japanese tanka poet

1878–1942 · Sakai

Syrian activist for women's rights under the Ottoman and French regimes

1898–1959 · Damascus

Sudanese politician

1928–2025 · Wad Ramli

Iraqi physician and poet

1918–1998 · Cairo

Egyptian poet and writer

1907–1991 · Mansoura

American novelist

1832–1888 · Germantown

Spanish composer and feminist, editor

1865–1943 · Barcelona

Turkish physician

1891–1952 · Istanbul

Militant English suffragette

1879–1963 · Dartford

Welsh-born British suffragette, policewoman and far right activists

1878–1964 · Cardiff

American artist and feminist

1873–1957 · Auburn

British artist

1867–1943 · London

Brazilian writer

1862–1934 · Rio de Janeiro

Israeli politician

1928–2014 · Tel Aviv

Filipino writer

1879–1954 · Tondo

Filipino historian, educator and suffragist

1895–2001 · Biñan

British suffragist and advocate of birth control

1842–1874

English physician and feminist

1836–1917 · Whitechapel

British physician and feminist

1873–1943 · Aldeburgh

Suffragist

1843–1899 · Michigan City

Malagasy poet

1892–1931 · Antananarivo

Suffragette and businesswoman

1861–1932 · Bloomsbury

American women's rights activist

1820–1906 · Adams

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

1933–2009 · Paniqui

French communist politician, editor

1874–1920 · Paris

Chilean feminist politician, writer, teacher and suffrage activist

1864–1941 · Santiago

British activist

1882–1981 · Danehill

WWII French-Armenian resistance activist

1906–1945 · Tabriz

German writer, editor

1814–1871 · Gröningen

First female Member of Parliament to take her seat

1879–1964 · Danville

Moroccan writer

1900–1940

French feminist and suffragist

1848–1914 · Saint-Priest-en-Murat

German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist

1857–1943 · Verden

Filipino teacher and founder of Centro Escolar University

1873–1934

Ecuadorian writer and painter

1878–1956 · Guayaquil

Turkish painter and statesperson

1897–1965 · Bosnia vilayet

English electrical engineer

1854–1923 · Portsea Island

Egyptian activist and writer

1923–1996 · Damietta

Brazilian journalist

1851–1913 · Paraíba

Senegalese writer

1929–1981 · Dakar

Belgian politician

1883–1959 · Antwerp

African-American civil rights and human rights activist

1903–1986 · Norfolk

New Zealand suffragist, wartime women's labour administrator, gardener, peace educator

1878–1958 · Opawa

Suffragist, community worker

1846–1935 · Wellington

Ecuadorian writer, poet

1829–1893 · Guayaquil

American poet, feminist, suffragist, artist

1837–1916 · Chagrin Falls

Pakistani model, actress, feminist activist and social media celebrity

1990–2016 · Dera Ghazi Khan

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

1916–2000 · Baḷangoḍa

Chinese feminist and historian

1893–1978 · Xiangxiang City

Chilean activist

1868–1951 · Valparaíso

American physician

1857–1925 · Falmouth

Uruguayan writer

1892–1931 · San Carlos

Scottish suffragette

1879–1955 · Glasgow

German noble

1852–1923 · Strasbourg

Azerbaijani activist

1898–1987 · Lankaran

Iranian teacher, political activist and translator

1937–2007

Australian activist

1868–1942 · Clunes

Australian suffragist and social reformer

1853–1899 · Collingwood

American historian and women's suffrage activist

1876–1958 · Indianapolis

Australian poet, novelist and playwright

1882–1963 · Petersham

Indian author and editor

1878–1908 · Delhi

Algerian independence fighter, lawyer, and feminist

1935–2021 · Algiers

American suffragette and socialite

1853–1933 · Mobile

Israeli author, editor and media personality

1928–2011 · Tel Aviv

Doctor

1872–1960 · Sydney

Australian feminist and political organiser

1871–1941 · Camperdown

American social worker and activist

1866–1947

Australian-British Jewish suffragette

1871–1967 · Sydney

Editor

1862–1952 · Middelburg

Argentinian painter and poet

1896–1949 · Rosario

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator

1847–1933 · Clapham

Cuban activist

1832–1901 · Puerto Príncipe

American educator and civil rights leader

1875–1955 · Mayesville

Armenian activist

1877–1915 · Istanbul

Indian writer

1950–2015 · Bhagalpur

Australian suffragist

1856–1911 · Adelaide

American feminist, journalist and human rights advocate

1857–1950 · New Jersey

American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist

1821–1910 · Bristol

President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights

1851–1928 · Bergen

English poet

1841–1896 · Mannheim

Women's rights activist

1818–1894 · Homer

Winner of Goethe medal

1862–1943 · Constantinople

American journalist

1864–1922 · Burrell Township

British feminist and trade unionist

1873–1953 · Chard

educationist and women's rights activist

1876–1928 · Shepherd's Bush

Mother of The Salvation Army

1829–1890 · Ashbourne

Anglo-Indian actress, suffragette and charity worker

1873–1965 · presidencies and provinces in British India

British lawyer and suffragette

1889–1973 · Royal Tunbridge Wells

American educator

1855–1931 · Amelia County

American politician, correspondent

1856–1938 · Colorado

Leading French suffragist at the origin of the “Women's Action League for the Suffrage of Women”, which was created in 1926.

1884–1949 · Le Bouscat

American suffragist

1872–1920 · Franklin County

Belgian politician

1870–1952 · Geetbets

French teacher and school teacher

1882–1962 · Clermont-Ferrand

English writer

1893–1970 · Newcastle-under-Lyme

Australian community worker and activist

1883–1970 · South Yarra

Ivorian politician

1949–2011

American writer and activist

1849–1949 · Pittsburgh

Survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, women's rights activist, philanthropist

1867–1932 · Hannibal

Australian politician

1914–2002 · Adelaide

British suffragette

1881–1975 · Fulham

American feminist and author

1935–2025 · Brooklyn

Argentinian writer and journalist

1897–1954 · Pigüé

American activist and journalist

1885–1936 · San Francisco

British suffragette and actor

1891–1973 · Marylebone

American activist

1843–1927 · Middlesex County

American physician

1871–1950 · Hartford

Norwegian feminist

1862–1928 · Egersund

Argentinian revolutionary

1937–1967 · Buenos Aires

American suffragist

1879–1966 · Brooklyn

Bolivian feminist

1896–1988 · Sucre

Venezuelan journalist

1888–1942 · Maracaibo

British feminist and social reformer fighting to end child prostitution

1828–1906 · Glendale

Peruvian writer

1845–1909 · Moquegua

Chilean lawyer and politician

1903–2003 · Iquique

English writer and social reformer

1854–1932 · Ryde

German writer and suffragist

1832–1887 · Bad Arolsen

Indian activist

1861–1936 · Mumbai

Argentinian educationist

1882–1915 · Buenos Aires

Spanish politician, feminist

1888–1972 · Albacete

British suffragette

1863–1914 · Hereford

Peruvian lawyer

1887–1933 · Yurimaguas

Paraguayan poet

1939–2015 · Guarambaré

Suffragist, trade unionist, Irish independence activist

1887–1943 · Bangor

American artist and architect/First Lady of Barbados

1875–1953 · Boston

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

1927–2023 · Plains

Australian army nurse

1870–1939 · Melbourne

American social reformer, suffragist

1859–1947 · Ripon

German journalist, editor

1841–1922 · Freyenstein

Indian freedom fighter and social reformer

1903–1988 · Mangaluru

Malawian politician

1928–2016 · Northern Region

Korean dancer and independence activist, feminist, philosopher

1897–1958 · Daegu

Japanese transcriber, translator

1903–1922 · Noboribetsu

Turkish statesperson

1890–1956 · Ankara

Belgian activist

1855–1943 · Ghent

American teacher, activist, feminist

1824–1908 · Albany

English philosopher and social reformer

1832–1914 · Edinburgh

United States artist and suffragist

1882–1983 · Montgomery

Australian carcinologist, influenza researcher and naturalist

1915–1988 · Geraldton

Australian writer

1909–1999 · Melbourne

American suffragist

1849–1941 · White Hall

American anarchist writer and feminist

1866–1912 · Leslie

Irish writer, philosopher, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading suffragist

1822–1904 · Dublin

British socialist and suffragette

1853–1926 · London

British suffragist

1851–1947 · London

American social reformer, author, temperance crusader, and women's rights advocate

1826–1909

English socialist politician

1893–1980 · Cambridge

New Zealand missionary

1821–1904 · Kerikeri

Uruguayan journalist, educator and feminist trade unionist

1884–1942 · Montevideo

Norwegian author and women's rights activist

1813–1895 · Christiansand

Headmistress

1860–1955 · Cambridge

American suffragist

1879–1961

American journalist, writer, activist

1875–1934 · Centralia

Chilean politician

1895–1974

African-American author, educator, speaker and scholar

1858–1964 · Raleigh

Belgian poet

1867–1947 · Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

editor

1846–1912 · Dozwil

Argentine teacher

1898–1987 · San Jorge

Australian politician

1876–1982 · Geelong

Australian politician

1861–1932 · Geraldton

American woman suffragist, writer

1858–1915 · Burlington

Teacher, suffragette, and indigenous rights activist

1859–1935 · Bahia

Iranian activist

1940–1994 · Tehran

Indian revolutionary and nationalist

1911–1986 · Krishnanagar

French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

1868–1969 · Saint-Mandé

British activist who fought for women's suffrage

1867–1913 · Blackheath

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert

1897–1980 · Brooklyn Heights

Indian Odia-language writer

1904–1986 · Central division

American activist

1874–1962 · Quincy

Australian journalist and feminist

1819–1884 · Nottingham

Australian journalist, war correspondent

1907–1974 · Sydney

American abolitionist and suffragist

1842–1932 · Philadelphia

Welsh novelist and businesswoman

1845–1935 · Swansea

Noblewoman; British writer

1855–1905 · Cummertrees

American suffragist

1872–1934

Russian feminist

1851 · Tver Oblast

Prime Minister of the Central African Republic

1925–2005 · Lobaye Prefecture

American activist, journalist and writer

1890–1998 · Minneapolis

American suffragist from Oregon

1850–1908

British suffragette

1875–1963 · Bedminster

Iranian activist

1882–1961 · Isfahan

American artist and art collector

1877–1952 · Brooklyn

School founder in South Africa

1873–1917 · Inanda

American women's suffrage activist

1876–1955 · Nashville

Peruvian physician

1872–1919 · Supe

American writer, activist

1875–1935 · New Orleans

French actress and journalist, editor

1864–1936 · Paris

French writer and film director

1914–1996 · Gia Định

British suffragette, marriage reformer

1880–1975 · Upper Norwood

Australian suffragist

1861–1949 · Tambaroora

American aviation pioneer and author

1897–1939 · Atchison

American lawyer and feminist

1881–1928 · Middlesex County

Iranian politician

1914–2017 · Rasht

Canadian feminist

1849–1931 · Montreal

German sculptor

1872–1946 · Pirna

Argentine writer

1880–1919 · Buenos Aires

American suffragist

1858–1914 · Baltimore

Peruvian education and women's rights activist

1846–1891 · Cusco

American doctor

1872–1952 · New Bedford

Filipino heroine and suffragist

1898–1945 · Dingras

Colombian activist

1896–1932 · Bello

Argentine Marxist

1902–1992 · Moisés Ville

Welsh suffragette, activist and campaigner for women's rights

1866–1961 · Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain

American suffragist

1843–1902 · Massillon

Argentine doctor

1866–1945 · Baradero

Swiss activist, editor

1882–1963 · Bern

Second Lady of the United States from 1905 to 1909

1852–1913 · Marysville

Iranian poet

1935–1967 · Tehran

English politician, writer, and activist

1847–1929 · Aldeburgh

Women's rights activist and writer

1844–1914 · Tebnine

British writer, town planner, feminist and social activist

1906–1970 · Buckinghamshire

American politician

1835–1930 · Decatur

Photographer, suffragette

1870–1947

tutor to women students

1869–1952 · Sydney

Russian activist

1837–1912 · Saint Petersburg

Argentine painter, designer and writer

1907–1996 · Buenos Aires

South African politician

1925–1982 · Johannesburg

Australian women's suffrage supporter and spouse of the Australian Prime Minister

1874–1958 · Nanango

American women's rights journalist

1891–1980 · New York City

American ethnologist

1838–1923 · Havana

Canadian suffragist

1884–1922 · County of Brant

American politician

1890–1964 · Concord

First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

1918–2011 · Chicago

Austrian author

1846–1889 · Zagreb

Women's rights activist and

1853–1958 · Westbury

Australian writer and feminist

1879–1954 · Talbingo

American suffragist

1859–1929 · Oswego

American feminist writer and activist

1921–2006 · Peoria

Brazilian physician and activist

1872–1931 · Cachoeira

American writer and women's activist

1810–1850 · Cambridge

Australian author, feminist

1868–1946 · Glenmaggie

Australian politician

1900–1985

American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker

1826–1898 · Cicero

Chilean activist, feminist, educator, civil servant and diplomat

1907–1970 · Santiago

Spanish writer

1885–1971 · San Sebastián

American author and playwright

1874–1938 · Portage

Brazilian lawyer (b. 1887, d. 1964)

1887–1964 · Fortaleza

Indian physician

1862–1923 · Bhagalpur

Peruvian teacher

1862–1951 · Lambayeque

Armenian opera singer

1924–2007 · Cairo

Crimean Tatar feminist leader

1886–1975 · Bakhchysarai

French racing driver

1868–1942 · Paris

Journalist, lecturer and suffragette

1870–1952 · Firozpur

Indian politician

1907–1992 · Barishal

Scottish suffragist

1879–1970 · Glasgow

Scottish doctor and suffragette

1864–1952 · Bothwell

American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer

1860–1935 · Hartford

Northern Ireland suffragette arsonist

1887–1967 · Coleraine

Novelist, short story writer

1873–1945 · Richmond

American writer

1876–1948 · Davenport

Australian feminist

1876–1950 · Sydney

Hungarian feminist, editor

1872–1927 · Nové Mesto nad Váhom

Swiss editor, teacher and pacifist

1870–1937 · Delémont

feminist teacher

1855–1934 · Tambaroora

Australian feminist, suffragist and labor activist

1864–1940 · Tambaroora

Russian-born American anarchist

1869–1940 · Kaunas

Australian suffragist, temperance advocate and social reformer

1849–1916

Australian feminist politician

1869–1949 · Portland

Irish revolutionary and activist

1866–1953 · Farnham

Brazilian musician and composer

1847–1935 · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian activist

1935–1994 · Belo Horizonte

Mexican feminist

1881–1963 · Lampazos de Naranjo

Dutch journalist and economist

1897–1989 · Pretoria

American social reformer

1853–1931 · Boston

Irish writer and activist

1870–1926 · County Sligo

German photographer and activist

1865–1924 · Rotterdam

Swiss suffragist

1879–1946 · Geneva

American editor, publisher and suffragist

1840–1926 · Hartford

Social scientist and politician

1882–1965 · Montgomery

American suffragette and spiritualist

1811–1872 · Litchfield

American educator, suffragist, politician, and clubwoman

1935 · Valparaíso

Argentine physician

1859–1934 · Buenos Aires

American abolitionist and feminist

1805–1879 · Charleston

American politician

1869–1925 · Crawford County

Dutch feminist and peace activist

1875–1960 · Yogyakarta

Australian activist

1858–1923 · Williamstown

Australian doctor

1876–1949 · Hawthorn

Scottish suffragette

1889–1914 · Glasgow

Tunisian feminist and politician

1922–2003 · Tunis

Palestinian activist

1910–1976

Finnish politician and feminist

1853–1946 · Kälviä

Leading British suffragette

1856–1952 · Berwickshire

Dutch freethinker and feminist, editor

1841–1911 · Amsterdam

Austrian women's rights activist

1839–1936 · Baden

American suffragist and saleswoman

1881–1966

medical officer and feminist

1867–1939 · Ballarat

British author, philanthropist and advocate of woman's interests

1857–1939 · London

German poet, writer and Esperantist

1844–1929 · Schwerin

First wife of Thomas Hardy

1840–1912 · Plymouth

American writer

1825–1911 · Baltimore

British suffragette, writer and feminist

1864–1936 · Hampstead

British classical scholar, linguist and feminist

1850–1928 · Cottingham

Australian author and historian

1908–1993 · North Perth

English actress, playwright, journalist, and feminist

1867–1964 · Claines

Suffragist

1835–1905 · Stogumber

American art collector

1855–1929 · New York City

Sierra Leonean activist, educator, feminist and writer

1868–1960 · Freetown

Wife of Robert Mugabe

1931–1992 · Accra

American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist

1842–1919 · Saint Clair

American suffragist

1875–1961

Australian suffragist, journalist and trade unionist

1857–1943 · Melbourne

Venezuelan feminist and unionist

1913–1990 · Caracas

Ecuadorian physician and suffragist

1889–1974 · Loja

American feminist, journalist, suffragette, and temperance activist

1854–1926 · Keokuk

German-American sexologist

1942–2020 · St. Joseph

Turkish statesperson

1897–1985 · Adapazarı

Swedish lawyer

1888–1967

Dutch suffragist, editor

1834–1909 · The Hague

American activist, founder of the Atlanta Neighborhood Union

1871–1947 · St. Louis

British theatre manager

1860–1937 · Forest Hill

Danish feminist, journalist, pacifist and anti-fascist

1871–1953 · Copenhagen

Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist and women's rights activist

1862–1940 · Băsești

British noble, suffragette, and art patron

1845–1921 · London

American abolitionist, social activist, and poet

1819–1910 · New York City

Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer, suffragist

1862–1927 · Llanengan

Chinese educator and politician

1918–1987

American philanthropist, temperance leader

1842–1932 · Portland

Army nurse and hospital matron

1906–1982 · Peters Hill

Politician

1852–1929 · Tayport

Bengali feminist writer and social reformer

1880–1932 · Rangpur Division

Uruguayan writer

1892–1979 · Melo

Japanese politician

1888–1981 · Saza

Japanese novelist, poet

1888–1970 · Kamiita

Dutch-American suffragist

1850–1921 · Vorden

German chemist

1870–1915 · Wojczyce

Turkish historian and sociologist

1908–1985 · Salonica vilayet

The first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan

1827–1903 · Dejima

Feminist, author, journalist

1873–1970 · Rio de Janeiro

Russian writer and literary critic

1865–1913 · Sychyovsky Uyezd

American publisher, activist, and inventor of the bra

1892–1970 · New York City

Dutch physician and feminist, editor

1854–1929 · Sappemeer

Editor

1841–1918 · Yegoryevsk

Azerbaijani philanthropist and women's rights activist

1873–1955 · Böyük Kəhrizli

British physician and suffragist

1840–1912 · Hastings

Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer

1875–1907 · Xiamen

Suffragist

1872–1962

singer, feminist and pacifist

1877–1955 · Hobart

American suffragist

1869–1952 · Redfield

African-American physician

1865–1943 · Cleveland

Independence activist and writer, Journalist, Communism activist, feminist, sex positive activists

1902–1991 · Seoul

Bilingual South African poet and political dissident

1933–1965 · Kimberley

American politician

1936–1996 · Houston

German politician

1879–1956 · Gorzów Wielkopolski

British-born Argentine politician

1885–1986 · London

Rwandan diplomat

1965–2025

Hungarian writer

1880–1918 · Carei

Japanese temperance activist

1833–1925 · Higo Province

Suffragist

1840–1926 · Sarreguemines

American novelist and memoirist (1901—1982)

1901–1982

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar

1880–1968 · Ivy Green

Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer

1886–1975 · Sydney

American activist

1811–1887 · Pelham

American activist

1859–1932 · Philadelphia

British suffragette

1879–1953 · Springhead

British suffragette

1880–1952 · England

Swedish writer

1849–1926 · Gladhammar church parish

Lebanese translator

1897–1986 · Beirut

Japanese politician and activist

1928–2015 · Fukuoka

Japanese actress

1887–1980 · Kumamoto Prefecture

English physician and social reformer

1846–1888 · Maryland

Danish educator and women's rights activist

1834–1915 · Helsingør

Ukrainian writer, editor

1855–1920 · Beleluia

Ukrainian writer and feminist

1863–1942 · Gura Humorului

Albanian writer

1917–1983 · Adana

Soviet revolutionary, ambassador, diplomat, feminist

1872–1952 · Saint Petersburg

Japanese novelist

1901–1989 · Nankoku

Czech feminist author, editor

1847–1926 · Prague

Norwegian politician and women's rights activist, editor

1847–1916 · Flakstadøya

Polish feminist

1899–1994 · Yeniseysk

Indonesian journalist

1884–1972 · Agam

Japanese activist

1899–2001 · Yamaguchi Prefecture

Korean writer, novelist and poet

1907–1944 · Songhwa County

Ukrainian journalist, writer, senator

1869–1956 · Monastyryska

Chilean diplomat, educator, writer, and feminist

1886–1975 · Santiago

Italian jurist, writer and professor

1873–1941 · Naples

Argentine poet

1888–1966 · Buenos Aires

Lahorian Royal and British Suffragist

1876–1948 · Elveden Hall

American social reformer, suffragist

1873–1949 · Albany

Argentinean writer

1906–1982 · Buenos Aires

Greek writer and philosopher

1896–1970 · Athens

Canadian legal scholar, feminist, and aviator

1887–1975 · Alexandria

Algerian politician

1927–2014 · Algiers

Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist

1848–1920 · Mudgee

American women's rights activist

1872–1957 · Dubuque

Mexican politician and diplomat

1902–1986 · Santander Jiménez

American activist

1886–1993 · Portland

Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States

1896–1966 · Guangzhou

British suffragist

1891–1972 · Leicester

French writer, editor

1824–1900 · Lusignan

British educator and writer

1831–1915 · Ahilyanagar

Brazilian activist

1826–1902 · Sobral

Chinese feminist

1896–1970 · Taihu County

Australian writer

1896–1984 · St Kilda

American suffragist

1864–1933 · San Francisco

American journalist

1820–1905 · Boston

feminist and socialist

1869–1950

Suffragist

1830–1917 · Royalton

American suffragist

1863–1915 · Sparta

Argentinian feminist, activist, reformer and author

1871–1956 · Buenos Aires

American pornographic actress

1949–2002 · The Bronx

Hungarian pioneer educator and women's rights activist

1821–1897 · Sighetu Marmației

Peruvian writer

1866–1963 · Cajamarca

British suffragist and reformer

1818–1890 · Rochdale

Uruguayan lawyer

1882–1969 · Paysandú

Uruguayan doctor, teacher, politician, and feminist activist

1875–1950 · Colón

Brazilian scientist

1894–1976 · São Paulo

Chilean journalist

1862–1937 · Chile

Argentine writer

1925–1985 · Buenos Aires

British women's activist

1856–1907 · Belgravia

Mozambican human rights activist

1949–2023 · Maputo

Educationist and women's suffragist

1858–1949 · Arbroath

Portuguese feminist activist

1865–1942 · Rio de Janeiro

Japanese manga artist

1920–1992 · Taku

American suffragist

1876–1921 · Chicago

British feminist and pacifist

1872–1937 · Edinburgh

South African activist and politician

1936–2018 · Bizana

African nurse, Zimbabwean nationalist, civil rights and women's rights activist

1930–2020

American writer, publisher, newspaper editor

1843–1920 · Michigan

American physicist

1860–1944 · Bristolville

New Zealand writer

1877–1949 · Ramarama

New Zealand suffragist

1868–1920 · Hokianga Harbour

Indonesian politician

1907–1991 · Yogyakarta

New Zealand author

1888–1923 · Wellington

Fijian politician

1931–2004

Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe

1868–1927 · Westminster

Brazilian engineer

1913–1981 · Curitiba

New Zealand writer

1895–1982 · Christchurch

Jamaican writer

1905–1965 · Santa Cruz

English writer and sociologist

1802–1876 · Norwich

Japanese activist

1934–2002 · Kyoto

Australian suffragist, journalist and actress

1877–1969 · Adelaide

American missionary

1861–1907 · Fort Valley

South African activist

1871–1939 · Fort Beaufort

Australian actress and journalist

1876–1977 · Bendigo

Kenyan political activist

1939–2009 · Maseno

Canadian author, social activist, suffragette & politician

1873–1951 · Chatsworth

American author, editor, lecturer, reformer

1850–1919 · Paris

Australian trade unionist and suffragist

1860–1929 · Brisbane

American philanthropist

1875–1967 · Dexter

Australian author

1937–2015 · Wellington

British local politician, suffragist

1837–1910 · Greater London

British suffragist, editor

1854–1933 · Broughton

American publicist, peace activist, feminist, writer

1856–1936 · Boscawen

Indian feminist historian and social reformer

1858–1922 · Mangaluru

Australian painter and women’s suffrage activist

1869–1955 · Hawthorn

Chinese writer

1914–2004 · Nanchang

New Zealand politician

1882–1946 · Northland Region

Chilean writer and feminist

1871–1914 · Punta Arenas

Peruvian-Cuban biologist and political activist

1894–1973 · Arequipa

Argentine politician

1926–2010 · La Plata

UK suffragette and writer

1866–1944 · Munich

Argentinian writer and journalist

1929–2003 · Larroque

Georgian journalist, activist

1878–1942 · Kulashi

American suffragist, lawyer

1886–1916 · Brooklyn

British philosopher

1807–1858 · London

American author and poet

1874–1942 · New York City

American suffragist

1867–1954 · St. Clair County

American civil rights leader

1857–1936

French journalist and feminist, editor

1865–1935 · Valence

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

1889–1957 · Vicuña

Chinese politician and women's activist

1884–1965 · Xiangxiang City

Prominent early advocate of civil and women's rights in South Africa

1852–1927 · Beaufort West

Luxembourgish politician

1882–1925 · Weilerbach

Colombian catholic sister

1874–1949 · Jericó

American suffragist

1892–1941 · Brookline

Journalist

1898–1948 · Juiz de Fora

New Zealand tailor, trade unionist, suffragist and public servant

1862–1925 · Magherafelt

American judge; Justice of the peace

1814–1902 · Tioga County

Brazilian journalist, feminist, anarchist

1897–1945 · Manhuaçu

Lebanese journalist, writer and women's rights activist

1874–1948 · Beirut

Tunisian feminist

1913–1993 · Tunisia

Turkish social reformer

1889–1958 · Kandilli

Indian revolutionary

1915–1990 · Kolkata

New Zealand suffragist

1819–1901 · London

Lebanese women's rights writer

1908–1957 · Beirut

Colombian politician

1913–1991 · Popayán

British suffragist

1881–1962 · Glasgow

Australian writer

1890–1976 · Carlton North

Canadian judge

1868–1933 · London

suffragist and author

1878–1960 · Cardross

South African export farmer, philanthropist and Black Sash activist

1891–1984 · Kenilworth

Egyptian feminist

1886–1951 · Zagazig

feminist

1882–1964 · Copeland

Argentine activist

1889–1917 · Buenos Aires

Dutch author and historian, editor

1859–1941 · Haarlem

Indian singer

1878–1952 · Nanjangud