The first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family. As a princess, she became known for her unconventional approach to charity work. She was celebrated as a style icon and fashionista as well. She divorced Charles in 1996 and died in a tragic car accident the following year.
Anna Soubry is a British journalist, barrister, and former politician. A vocal critic of Brexit, Soubry left the Conservative Party in February 2019 in order to join the Independent Group for Change (Change UK). Subsequently, Anna Soubry was appointed as the party's leader before the disbandment of Change UK following the party's failure at the December 2019 general election.
Indian-born British author Anna Leonowens is best remembered for her memoir The English Governess at the Siamese Court, which related her experience as a governess of the children of King Mongkut of Siam. The musical The King and I and the novel Anna and the King of Siam were inspired by her life.
Activist Emily Davison is remembered for her relentless fight for women’s suffrage. As part of her protest, at the 1913 Epsom Derby, she went in front of King George V’s horse, to attach suffragette flags to it, and was tragically trampled to death. Some regard her as a martyr for women’s causes.
A pioneering leader of the women’s suffrage movement in Britain, Millicent Fawcett also co-established the Newnham College, Cambridge, which was one of the first English women’s universities. She also served as the president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and investigated British concentration camps during the South African War.
Apart from being a successful botanist, Marie Stopes was also a popular activist, known for her contribution to the feminist cause. A leading supporter of birth control, she established the UK’s first clinic for family planning. She was also known for her books Married Love and Wise Parenthood.
![Hayley Okines Hayley Okines](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/hayley-okines.jpg)
Amal Clooney is a Lebanese-British barrister, specializing in human rights and international law. Her clients include popular and influential personalities like Yulia Tymoshenko, Nadia Murad, and Julian Assange. Her work and philanthropic activities gained media coverage after her wedding to actor George Clooney. The Clooneys are well-known philanthropists and are founders of the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
![Gina Miller Gina Miller](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gina-miller-122020-1.jpg)
Guyanese-British businesswoman and activist Gina Miller is the co-founder of the management firm SCM Direct. A former Labour Party member, she campaigned for transparency with regard to Brexit. She won a case challenging the UK government's authority to invoke Article 50 without an approval from the Parliament.
![Christabel Pankhurst Christabel Pankhurst](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/dame-christabel-harriette-pankhurst-1.jpg)
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst was a British suffragette who co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union. From 1912 to 1913, Pankhurst directed the organization's militant actions from France. After the war, Christabel Pankhurst settled down in the United States of America where she served as an evangelist for the Second Coming movement.
![Gabriella Wright Gabriella Wright](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gabriella-wright-92710-1.jpg)
![Sylvia Pankhurst Sylvia Pankhurst](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sylvia-pankhurst-1.jpeg)
British playwright Caryl Churchill is best-known for works that emphasize on feminist-issues, sexual-politics and abuses of power. Most renowned works of Churchill, who also gained attention for using non-naturalistic techniques, include the farce Cloud 9 about sexual politics; the play Top Girls that deals with feminist issues; and the satirical play Serious Money that was largely written in rhyming couplets.
![Heather Brooke Heather Brooke](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/heather-brooke-1.jpg)
Co-founder and president of PETA, animal activist Ingrid Newkirk is also associated with organizations such as EarthSave International and United Poultry Concerns. She has also penned books such as Free the Animals! Apart from soaking herself in fake blood for protests, she has also supported the often-anti-social Animal Liberation Front.
![Mary Whitehouse Mary Whitehouse](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mary-whitehouse-1.jpg)
While she was initially a schoolteacher, who specialized in sex education, Mary Whitehouse later began a campaign against the moral standards of the media in Britain, particularly the BBC. She launched the Clean Up TV campaign, vocalizing her opposition toward content such as war and child pornography.
![Ophelia Dahl Ophelia Dahl](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ophelia-dahl.jpg)
![Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Yasmin Alibhai-Brown](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/yasmin-alibhai-brown-1.jpg)
Sheherazade Goldsmith is known for her pioneering a venture of concept jewelry, Loquet London, which offers customized pendants. She has been a columnist for publications such as The Sunday Times and has also penned books. An environmental activist and philanthropist, too, she once owned an organic food business.
Renowned Victorian-era feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler was a champion for women’s suffrage and also fought against human trafficking. It is believed, she devoted herself to charity after the death of her 6-year-old daughter. She also forced Cambridge to encourage women’s education, which culminated in the Newnham women’s college.
Caroline Chisholm was an English humanitarian remembered for her work in British India where she established the Female School of Industry for the Daughters of European Soldiers which aimed at educating girls, who were taught reading, writing, nursing, cooking, and housekeeping. She also became a much-admired woman in Australia where she placed more than 11,000 people in jobs and homes.
![Poly Styrene Poly Styrene](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/poly-styrene-1.jpg)
![Mary Dyer Mary Dyer](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mary-dyer-1.jpg)
![Emily Hobhouse Emily Hobhouse](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/emily-hobhouse-1.jpg)
Being the granddaughter of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author Caroline Norton had her first experience at writing in her teens. Her beauty and charm, however, made her failed barrister husband jealous. The rift in their marriage caused her to successfully campaign for married women’s right to property and their children’s custody.
![Saffron Aldridge Saffron Aldridge](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/saffron-aldridge.jpg)
![Sophia Duleep Singh Sophia Duleep Singh](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sophia-duleep-singh-1.jpg)
Sophia Duleep Singh was a British suffragette who fought for women's rights in Britain during the early 20th century. She is perhaps best remembered for her role in the Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL). Sophia Duleep Singh also took part in other women's suffrage groups such as the Women's Social and Political Union.
![Ouida Ouida](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ouida-55524-1.jpg)
![Nancy Cunard Nancy Cunard](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nancy-cunard-1.jpg)
![Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/maryam-namazie-128596-1.jpg)
Maryam Namazie is a British-Iranian secularist, human rights activist, communist, commentator, and broadcaster. Namazie has had a huge impact on the lives of refugees around the world. In the USA, she co-founded the Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees. Maryam Namazie is also an outspoken critic of cultural relativism and the oppression of women in some Muslim countries.
![Mary Astell Mary Astell](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mary-astell.jpg)
![Jill Craigie Jill Craigie](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jill-craigie-1.jpg)
![Sukki Singapora Sukki Singapora](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sukki-singapora-1.jpg)
Sukki Singapora scripted history as the first global burlesque performer from Singapore. Born to a British mother and an Indian father, who were both doctors, Singapora surprised everyone when she chose performing arts as a vocation. A feminist activist, too, she appeared in the Netflix series Singapore Social.
![Dorothy Richardson Dorothy Richardson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/dorothy-richardson-1.jpg)
![Nimco Ali Nimco Ali](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nimco-ali-114221-1.jpg)
British Somali social activist and feminist icon Nimco Ali is known for her association with The Girl Generation, a campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM). Being a victim of genital mutilation herself, she later established the organization Daughters of Eve and The Five Foundation to battle FGM.
![Jecca Craig Jecca Craig](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jecca-craig-1.jpg)
Environmental-conservationist Jecca Craig, presently completing a doctorate at University College London, helped in founding the largest wildcat-conservation-organization of the world called Panthera; and the independent NGO Stop Ivory that aims in protecting elephant and stopping ivory trade. Jecca’s father Ian Craig founded Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary on the Craigs’ family land, and later Lewa Wildlife Conservancy incorporating the original sanctuary.
![Lizzie Burns Lizzie Burns](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lizzie-burns-1.jpg)
![Sophia Jex-Blake Sophia Jex-Blake](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sophia-louisa-jex-blake-1.jpg)
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake was an English teacher, physician, and feminist. A pioneer of medical education for women, Jex-Blake was the first woman to practise medicine in Scotland. She was also involved in the establishment of two medical schools for women in Edinburgh and London at a time when no medical schools were training women.
![Lucy, Lady Houston Lucy, Lady Houston](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lucy-lady-houston-117914-1.jpg)
![Caroline Criado Perez Caroline Criado Perez](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/caroline-criado-perez-127284-1.jpg)
![Elspeth Huxley Elspeth Huxley](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/elspeth-huxley-72476-1.jpg)
Raised by coffee farmer parents in British East Africa, Elspeth Huxley grew up to be a prominent author, known for her lyrical books such as The Flame Trees of Thika, depicting her life in British Kenya. She was also a BBC broadcaster, a magistrate, and an environmental activist.
![Mirabehn Mirabehn](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mirabehn-1.jpg)
![Emily Davies Emily Davies](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/emily-davies-1.jpg)
Emily Davies was an English suffragist and feminist. One of the first campaigners for women's rights to university education, Davies is best remembered for co-founding Girton College, the first university in England to educate women. Emily Davies is also credited with playing an important role in the establishment of Newnham College in 1875.
![May Sinclair May Sinclair](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/may-sinclair-1.jpg)
![Barbara Bodichon Barbara Bodichon](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/barbara-bodichon-1.jpg)
Educationist, feminist, and women’s rights activist Barbara Bodichon is best remembered for co-establishing the English Woman's Journal and Girton College, Cambridge. Her works also led to the passage of the Married Women’s Property Act. She was a talented artist, too, and was known for her watercolor paintings.