Throughout history, there have been many British women activists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great British female activists such as Annie Besant, Emmeline Pankhurst, Jane Goodall, Mary Wollstonecraft, Emily Davison.
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Anna Friel12 July 1976, British
Actress
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Heather Mills12 January 1968, British
Media Personality
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Sophie Thompson20 January 1962, British
Actress
Emily Davison11 October 1872, British
Activist
Sally Bercow22 November 1969, British
John Bercow's Wife
Anita Roddick23 October 1942, British
Sheherazade Goldsmith14 March 1974, British
Environmentalist, Socialite
Millicent Fawcett11 June 1847, British
Suffragist
Marie Stopes15 October 1880, British
Paleobotanist & Women’s Rights Activists
Caryl Churchill03 September 1938, British
Dramatist, Women's Rights Activist
Ingrid Newkirk11 June 1949, British, American
President of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Josephine Butler13 April 1828, British
Social Worker
Caroline Norton22 March 1808, British
Author
Caroline Chisholm30 May 1808, British
Immigrant Welfare Activist
Jane McGrath04 May 1966, British
England-born Australian cancer support campaigner
Gaia Wise04 December 1999, British
Emma Thompson's Daughter
Anna Jameson19 May 1794, British
Writer, Women Rights Activist
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Carrie Symonds1988 AD, British
Boris Johnson'Partner
Jameela Jamil25 February 1986, British
Actress
Jodie Whittaker17 June 1982, British
Actress
Nazanin Boniadi22 May 1980, Iranian, British, American
Actress
Kate Nash06 July 1987, British
Singer-songwriter
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Amber Rudd01 August 1963, British
Politician
Emily Thornberry27 July 1960, British
Politician
Anna Soubry07 December 1956, British
Politician
Maxine Peake14 July 1974, British
Actress
Lola Kirke27 September 1990, British, American
Film actress
Mo Mowlam18 September 1949, British
Politician
Sarah Solemani04 September 1986, British
Actress
Anna Leonowens05 November 1834, British
Writer
Mary Whitehouse13 June 1910, British
Social Activist
Adwoa Aboah18 May 1992, British
Model
Maud Gonne21 December 1866, Irish, British
Actress
Mary Dyer1611 AD, British
Religious martyrdom
Hayley Okines03 December 1997, British
Activist
Heather Brooke27 March 1970, British, American
Journalist
Sylvia Pankhurst05 May 1882, British
Political Activist
Mirabehn22 November 1892, Indian, British
Political Activist
Ethel Smyth22 April 1858, British
Composer
Emily Hobhouse09 April 1860, British
British Social Worker
Saffron Aldridge1968 AD, British
model
Ouida01 January 1839, French, British
Novelist
Emily Davies22 April 1830, British
Activist
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst22 September 1880, British
Militant