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
“If even the withdrawal of this hero from public life has failed to calm your rage and you have chosen me as your target, I can say to you: you can do whatever you want to me, you can threaten my very existence, cowards that you are, but you cannot make me betray my respect…
753: Arawelo Queen Who is Remembered for Castrating Male Prisoners c.15th Century AD, Present-day Somalia, Possibly the Sanaag Region Arawelo became queen by being the oldest child of the King who only had daughters. Evidently when the king died, Arawelo took it upon herself to become queen, without asking anyone’s permission. She demanded there be…
“I want to thank my husband, Fred, for letting me come here…I like to say that, because I know it irritates women’s libbers more than anything else.” “I simply didn’t believe we needed a constitutional amendment to protect women’s rights. I knew of only one law that was discriminatory toward women, a law in North…
743: Sara Blakely Spanx Founder Born: 27 February 1971, Clearwater, Florida, United States of America Sara is now estimated to be worth a billion dollars. That’s this many: $1,000,000,000! In March of 2012, Forbes crowned Sara the youngest (until Kylie Jenner came along that is) self-made female billionaire. The following year, Sara signed the Melinda…
740: Marie Stopes Author, Suffragette, Eugenicist, and Birth Control Pioneer Born: 15 October 1880, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died: 2 October 1958, Dorking, United Kingdom Marie wasn’t a medical doctor, and that was only part of the reason why the medical establishment and Catholic Church hated her. She was, in fact, a paleobotanist, and became the…
712: Guglielma of Milan Preached a Feminized Version of Christianity Born: c.1210 AD, Kingdom of Bohemia (Present-day Czech Republic) OR Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Italy) Died: c. 1279 AD Milan, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Milan, Italy) Guglielma also predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit Incarnate which made her…
“When we women, too, have weapons and training, we will be able to prove to all men that we have hands and feet and hearts like yours.” 675: Veronica Franco Poet and Courtesan Born: 1546, Venice, The Venitian Republic (Present-day Venice, Italy) Died: 1591, Venice, The Venitian Republic (Present-day Venice, Italy) Veronica’s mother was a…
“I wear my uniform with honor. It has the Order of Lenin on it. It has been covered with blood in battle. It is plain to see that with American women what is important is whether they wear silk underwear under their uniforms. What the uniform stands for, they have yet to learn.” 671: Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko…
657: Emily Howland The First Female Director of a US National Bank Born: 27 November 1827, New York, United States of America Died: 29 June 1929, Sherwood, New York, United States of America Emily was also a philanthropist, educator, and advocate for African American civil rights, temperance, and women’s suffrage. Emily was friends with Susan…
“Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.” 656: Louisa May Alcott Little Women Author (Amongst Other Works) Born: 29 November 1832, Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 6 March 1888, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Louisa was also a War Between the States Nurse at the Union Hotel Hospital in…