Throughout history, there have been many American women activists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great American female activists such as Angelina Jolie, Betty White, Hillary Clinton, Rosa Parks, Shailene Woodley.
Candace Owens29 April 1989, American
Political Activist, Commentator
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress
Kerry Kennedy08 September 1959, American
Human rights activist
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Shailene Woodley15 November 1991, American
Actress, Activist
Harriet Tubman29 February 1822, American
Abolitionist
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Activist
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Actress
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Monica Lewinsky23 July 1973, American
American Television Personality
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Poet
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Chirlane McCray29 November 1954, American
Writer, Social Activist
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Betty Friedan04 February 1921, American
Feminist, Writer
Ali MacGraw01 April 1939, American
Actress
Torrey DeVitto08 June 1984, American
Actress
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Mena Suvari13 February 1979, American
Actress
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Susan B. Anthony15 February 1820, American
Women’s Rights Activist
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Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Educator
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
Cara Buono01 March 1971, American
Actress
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Denise Nicholas12 July 1944, American
Actress
Yolanda King17 November 1955, American
Activist
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Elizabeth Smart03 November 1987, American
Activist
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Laurie David22 March 1958, American
Environmental Activist
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Emma Goldman27 June 1869, American
Writer
Sojourner Truth01 December 1797, American
American women's rights activist
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Audre Lorde18 February 1934, American
Writer
Emily Swallow18 December 1979, American
Actress
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Fannie Lou Hamer06 October 1917, American
Civil Rights Activist
Ayaan Hirsi Ali13 November 1969, American
Writer, Politician, Activist, Feminist
Michelle Malkin20 October 1970, American
Blogger
Laurie Holden17 December 1969, American
Actress
Abigail Folger11 August 1943, American
Business Women
Cynthia Germanotta30 August 1954, American
Philanthropist
Claudette Colvin05 September 1939, American
Civil Rights Activist
Ally Walker25 August 1961, American
Actress
Alyssa Diaz07 September 1985, American
Actress
Tammy Bruce20 August 1962, American
Radio Host
Lola Van Wagenen30 November 1938, American
Historian, Activist
Jazz Jennings06 October 2000, American
LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality,
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Betty Ford08 April 1918, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Malese Jow18 February 1991, American
Actress
Essence Atkins07 February 1972, American
Actress
Joanna Cassidy02 August 1945, American
Actress
Cassidy Freeman22 April 1982, American
Actress
Anne-Marie Johnson18 July 1960, American
Actress
Kate Bolduan28 July 1983, American
Journalist
Jorja Fox07 July 1968, American
Actress
Dorothy Day08 November 1897, American
Jill Stein14 May 1950, American
Physician
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Viola Liuzzo11 April 1925, American
Civil Rights Activist
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton12 November 1815, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Elizabeth Jagger02 March 1984, American
Model
Jane Addams06 September 1860, American
Betty DeGeneres20 May 1930, American
Speech Therapist
Jo Anne Worley06 September 1936, American
Actress
Alexandra Paul29 July 1963, American
Actress
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Mary Frann27 February 1943, American
Actress
Columba Bush17 August 1953, Mexican, American
Philanthropist
Alice Paul11 January 1885, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Educator
Annie Starke26 April 1988, American
Actor