Throughout history, there have been many women activists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female activists such as Hillary Clinton, Shailene Woodley, Angelina Jolie, Malala Yousafzai, Pauley Perrette.The women activists featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Greta Thunberg03 January 2003, Swedish
Environmental Activist
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
Malala Yousafzai12 July 1997, Pakistani
Activist
Lupita Nyong'o01 March 1983, Kenyan, Mexican
Actress
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Yoko Ono18 February 1933, Japanese
Artist
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Carrie Symonds1988 AD, British
Boris Johnson'Partner
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Susan B. Anthony15 February 1820, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Jessica Lange20 April 1949
Film actor, Photographer, Stage actor, Television
Emily Swallow18 December 1979, American
Actress
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Candace Owens29 April 1989, American
Political Activist, Commentator
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
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Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Torrey DeVitto08 June 1984, American
Actress
Ali MacGraw01 April 1939, American
Actress
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Brigitte Bardot28 September 1934, French
Actress & Animal Rights Activist
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Bertha von Suttner09 June 1843, Austrian
Pacifist, First Woman to Receive the Nobel Peace
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Sojourner Truth01 December 1797, American
American women's rights activist
Anna Friel12 July 1976, British
Actress
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
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
Heather Mills12 January 1968, British
Media Personality
Jazz Jennings06 October 2000, American
LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality,
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
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
Pia Wurtzbach24 September 1989, German, Filipino
Model, Actress
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
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist
Kasturba Gandhi11 April 1869, Indian
Wife of Mahatama Gandhi
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Sophie Thompson20 January 1962, British
Actress
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela26 September 1936, South African
Politician, Anti-Apartheid Activist
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
Sophie Scholl09 May 1921, German
Anti-Nazi Activist
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