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.
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress
Harriet Tubman1820 AD, American
Abolitionist
Shailene Woodley15 November 1991, American
Actress, Activist
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Activist
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Actress
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Monica Lewinsky23 July 1973, American
American Television Personality
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Susan B. Anthony15 February 1820, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Emily Swallow18 December 1979, American
Actress
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Candace Owens29 April 1989, American
Political Activist, Commentator
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Torrey DeVitto08 June 1984, American
Actress
Ali MacGraw01 April 1939, American
Actress
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Sojourner Truth01 December 1797, American
American women's rights activist
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
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Mena Suvari13 February 1979, American
Actress
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Jazz Jennings06 October 2000, American
LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality,
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Cara Buono01 March 1971, American
Actress
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Educator
Yolanda King17 November 1955, American
Activist
Abigail Folger11 August 1943, American
Business Women
Emma Goldman27 June 1869, American
Writer
Mika Camarena1948 AD, American
Activist, wife of late DEA agent Kiki Camarena
Claudette Colvin05 September 1939, American
Civil Rights Activist
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Alyssa Diaz07 September 1985, American
Actress
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Ayaan Hirsi Ali13 November 1969, American
Writer, Politician, Activist, Feminist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton12 November 1815, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Betty DeGeneres20 May 1930, American
Speech Therapist
Jane Addams06 September 1860, American
Essence Atkins07 February 1972, American
Actress
Audre Lorde18 February 1934, American
Writer
Laurie Holden17 December 1969, American
Actress
Cassidy Freeman22 April 1982, American
Actress
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Educator
Lola Van Wagenen30 November 1938, American
Historian, Activist
Anne-Marie Johnson18 July 1960, American
Actress
Joanna Cassidy02 August 1945, American
Actress
Cynthia Germanotta30 August 1954, American
Philanthropist
Betty Ford08 April 1918, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Ally Walker25 August 1961, American
Actress
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Michelle Malkin20 October 1970, American
Blogger
Laurie David22 March 1958, American
Environmental Activist
Dorothy Day08 November 1897, American
Jorja Fox07 July 1968, American
Actress
Betty Friedan04 February 1921, American
Feminist, Writer
Alice Paul11 January 1885, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Malese Jow18 February 1991, American
Actress
Elizabeth Jagger02 March 1984, American
Model
Jeannette Rankin11 June 1880, American
First Woman Elected to U.S Congress
Celeste Holm29 April 1917, American
Actress
Denise Nicholas12 July 1944, American
Actress
Ingrid Newkirk11 June 1949, British, American
President of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Carré Otis28 September 1968, American
Model
Alexandra Paul29 July 1963, American
Actress
Mary Harris Jones01 August 1837, American
Labor and Community Organizer
Kate Bolduan28 July 1983, American
Journalist
Fannie Lou Hamer06 October 1917, American
Civil Rights Activist
Katherine Dunham22 June 1909, American
Dancer, Choreographer, Social Activist, Author
Jo Anne Worley06 September 1936, American
Actress
Mary Frann27 February 1943, American
Actress
Annie Starke26 April 1988, American
Actor