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.
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress, Writer, Comedienne
Shailene Woodley15 November 1991, American
Actress, Activist
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian
American-Canadian actress
Lali Espósito10 October 1991, Argentinian
Singer
Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Birth Control Activist
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Malala Yousafzai12 July 1997, Pakistani
Youngest Nobel Laureate
Yoko Ono18 February 1933, Japanese
Artist
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Harriet Tubman1820 AD, American
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Civil Rights Activist
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Ali MacGraw01 April 1939, American
Actress
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Brigitte Bardot28 September 1934, French
Actress & Animal Rights Activist
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
Torrey DeVitto08 June 1984, American
Actress
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
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Susan B. Anthony15 February 1820, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Mika Camarena1948 AD, American
Activist, wife of late DEA agent Kiki Camarena
Heather Mills12 January 1968, British
Media Personality
Jazz Jennings06 October 2000, American
LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality,
Sojourner Truth01 December 1797, American
American women's rights activist
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Emma Goldman27 June 1869, American
Writer
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Essence Atkins07 February 1972, American
Actress
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Laurie Holden17 December 1969, American
Actress
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Anne-Marie Johnson18 July 1960, American
Actress
Ayaan Hirsi Ali13 November 1969, American
Writer, Politician, Activist, Feminist
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Elizabeth Jagger02 March 1984, American
Model
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela26 September 1936, South African
Politician, Anti-Apartheid Activist
Ilona Staller26 November 1951, Hungarian
Politician, Singer
Kasturba Gandhi11 April 1869, Indian
Wife of Mahatama Gandhi
Alyssa Diaz07 September 1985, American
Actress
Sophie Scholl09 May 1921, German
Anti-Nazi Activist
Joanna Cassidy02 August 1945, American
Actress
Miriam Makeba04 March 1932, South African
Singer
Alexandra Paul29 July 1963, American
Actress
Emily Davison11 October 1872, British
Activist
Jane Addams06 September 1860, American
Elizabeth Cady Stanton12 November 1815, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Ally Walker25 August 1961, American
Actress
Jorja Fox07 July 1968, American
Actress
Audre Lorde18 February 1934, American
Writer
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Betty Friedan04 February 1921, American
Feminist, Writer
Laurie David22 March 1958, American
Environmental Activist
Gauri Lankesh29 January 1962, Indian
Activist, Journalist
Abigail Folger11 August 1943, American
Business Women
Claudette Colvin05 September 1939, American
Civil Rights Activist
Yolanda King17 November 1955, American
Activist
Dorothy Day08 November 1897, American
Naomi Klein08 May 1970, Canadian
Author
Annie Starke26 April 1988, American
Actor
Wangari Maathai01 April 1940, Kenyan
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Alice Paul11 January 1885, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Sally Bercow22 November 1969, British
John Bercow's Wife
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Jane Jacobs04 May 1916, Canadian
Journalist, Author, Activist
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland10 June 1982, Swedish
Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Graça Machel17 October 1945, Mozambican
Politician
Jeannette Rankin11 June 1880, American
First Woman Elected to U.S Congress
Columba Bush17 August 1953, Mexican, American
Philanthropist
Rigoberta Menchú09 January 1959, Guatemalan
Activist,Politician,Author