Here you’ll find Feminists, Suffragettes, Women’s Suffrage Advocates (yes, there’s a difference between the two), and people–both men and women–who advocated and pushed for a better life for women the world round, all throughout history
“Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard’s fate!” 229: Carry Nation Professional Vandalizer Born: 25 November 1846, Garrard County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 9 June 1911, Leavenworth, Kentucky, United States of America Alternate Name: Carrie Nation Carry was a temperance advocate famous for using a hatchet to smash up saloons…
“When I found I had crossed that line [to freedom], I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” 223: Harriet Tubman Union Spy…
177) Theodora I Byzantine Empress who Ruled Alongside her Husband Justinian I Born: c.497, Possible birth locations include Crete, Syria, and Cyprus but the exact location is unknown Died: 548, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) Before marrying the emperor, she worked as an actress and street performer (in Layman’s Terms: a stripper, dancer, and…
147) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson The First Woman to Qualify as a British Surgeon and Doctor Born: 9 June 1836, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom Died: 17 December 1917, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom She was also a suffragette. Elizabeth opened a medical school for women, paving the way for British women to become doctors. She was one of…
“When you were weak and I was strong, I toiled for you. Now you are strong…and I ask your aid…for the ballet.” -Clara’s plea for women’s suffrage in the United States 144) Clara Barton Arguably the Most Famous Nurse in United States’ History Born: 25 December 1821, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 12…
133) Amelia Earhart Pilot Who Broke Many Records for Women and Pilots in General Born: 24 July 1897, Atchison, Kansas, United States of America Died: Most Likely July 1937, The Pacific Ocean She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic (and second person after Charles Lindbergh). Amelia was the first person to…
“I for one feel confident that your good judgement will carry America safely through without war–but in case of such an event I am ready to place a Company of fifty Lady sharpshooters at your disposal,” -Annie in a letter to President William McKinley 132) Phoebe Moses-Butler “I ain’t afraid to Love a man. I…
“Life is what you make it.” “Excite the mind and the hand will reach for the pocket.” https://youtu.be/MziJW0Ox2H0 138) Harry Gordon Selfridge Founder of Selfridges, a London Based Department Store Born: 11 January 1858, Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America Died: 8 May 1947, London, United Kingdom Harry became known as the Earl of Oxford…
129: Laura Bush Former First Lady of the United States During Her Husband George W Bush’s Administration Born: 4 November 1946, Midland, Texas, United States of America Her advocacy focuses while in office and now after are literacy, education, and women’s rights. In 2001 she was the first First Lady to deliver the President’s weekly…
127: Alexandra Kollontai Soviet Political Icon Born: 31 March 1872, St. Petersburg, Russia Died: 9 March 1952, Moscow, Soviet Union (Present-day Moscow, Russia) Her mother and nanny refused to educate her but a neighbor who was a literary historian stepped in and gave her private lessons suggesting she become a writer. Alexandra married and had…