Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Political Activists, including Annie Besant, Emmeline Pankhurst, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman and Kasturba Gandhi.
Emma Goldman27 June 1869, American
Writer
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Kasturba Gandhi11 April 1869, Indian
Wife of Mahatama Gandhi
Jane Addams06 September 1860, American
Mahadev Govind Ranade18 January 1842, Indian
Judge, Social Reformer
Edith Cowan02 August 1861, Australian
Social Campaigner
Alexander Berkman21 November 1870, French, Russian
Editor
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan06 February 1890, Pakistani
Political and Spiritual Leader
Alexander Herzen06 April 1812, Russian
Father of Russian socialism
Anna Howard Shaw14 February 1847, American
Leader of the women's suffrage movement in the
Catherine Helen Spence31 October 1825, Australian
Author, Journalist & Politician
A. J. Muste08 January 1885, American
Clergyman & Political Activist
Angelina Grimke20 February 1805, American
Abolitionist, Women's Rights Activist