List of women's rights activists

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Guru Nanak (1469-1539) The founder of Sikhism is believed to be the first male leader to promote equal rights for Women.
Sor Juana (c. 1651-1695) - Mexican nun, scholar, and proponent of women’s education
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, advocate of women’s equality and rationality
Táhirih (?-1852) - Bábí poet, theologian, and proponent of women's rights in 19th-century Iran.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) - American social activist, abolitionist, and suffragette, organizer of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention, co-founder of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the International Council of Women
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) - American civil rights leader and suffragette, co-founder of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, tried for casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election
Jyotiba Phule (1827-1890) - Indian social reformer, critic of the caste system, founded a school for girls, a widow-remarriage initiative, a home for upper caste widows, and a home for infant girls to discourage female infanticide
Marianne Hainisch (1839-1936) - Austrian activist, proponent of women’s right to work and to receive education
Kate Sheppard (1847-1934) - New Zealand suffragette, influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first national election in which women were allowed to vote)
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) - American civil rights and anti-lynching activist, suffragette noted for her refusal to avoid media attention because she was African American
Qasim Amin (1863-1908) - Egyptian jurist, early advocate of women’s rights in Egyptian society
Raden Adjeng Kartini (1879-1904) - Javanese advocate for native Indonesian women, critic of polygamous marriages and lack of education opportunities for women
Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) - Puerto Rican labor union suffragette; jailed for wearing pants in public
Hoda Shaarawi (1879-1947) - Egyptian feminist, organizer for the Mubarrat Muhammad Ali (women’s social service organization), the Union of Educated Egyption Women and the Wafdist Women’s Central Committee, founder and first president of the Egyptian Feminist Union
Dora Russell (1894-1986) - British progressive campaigner, advocate of marriage reform, birth control and female emancipation
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990) - Indian - Pakistani activist, founder of the All Pakistan Women’s Association, organizer of women’s nursing and first aid corps to help refugees in Delhi despite public resistance to women working outside the home
Shirin Ebadi (1947-) On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children.
Unity Dow (born 1959) - judge and writer from Botswana, plaintiff in a case that allowed children of Motswana women and foreign men to be considered Batswana.
Nawal el-Saadawi (born 1931) - Egyptian writer and doctor, advocate for women’s health and equality
Carolyn Egan (birthdate unknown) - Canadian-American trade unionist and feminist, advocate for women’s reproductive rights, including access to birth control, abortion, and sex education
Shamima Shaikh (1960-1998) - South African activist, member of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa, proponent of Islamic gender equality
Emily Howard Stowe (1831-1903) – Canadian physician, advocate for women's inclusion in the medical professional community, founder of the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association
Ansar Burney (1956-) - Pakistani women's rights activist
Grace Greenwood (1823 - 1904) - first woman reporter on the New York Times payroll, advocate for social reform and women's rights.
Thelma Hanegan (1950-) - United States school teacher with militant mindset, called for abolition of men from public life and an end to male suffrage