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Priscilla Achapka – women and gender environmental activist; Osai Ojigho (born 1976) – human rights and gender equality advocate; Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900–1978) – women's rights activist; Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi (born 1965) - Women in politics, women and girl-child rights and environmental activist
Kirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – Indian peace activist and gender equality activist, youth peace activist, peace educator and founder of The Red Elephant Foundation; Gurmehar Kaur (born 1996) – Indian student and peace activist; Mother Teresa (1910–1997) – Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun, missionary, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Political activist and famous leader in the women's and Black Power movements. Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006. Wife of Martin Luther King Jr., who fought for women's equality and civil rights.
Writer and doctor, advocate for gender equality and women's empowerment and participation in peace building and post-conflict governance [123] 1940–1999: Linda Martín Alcoff: United States: 1955 – Philosopher at the City University of New York [124] 1940–1999: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: United States, Netherlands, Somalia, 1969 –
As an advocate for moving beyond gender expectations to live more authentically, she was also named as one of Glamour magazine's 2014 Women of the Year, one of The Grio's 100 Most Influential African Americans, one of the Top 50 Trans Icons by the Huffington Post, and honored with the Courage Award from the Anti-Violence Project, and the Reader ...
Within Ordinary Equality, Kelly ensures the women mentioned in the book are three-dimensional, and not cardboard cutouts in a dry work of history. She purposely refers to the activists by their ...
"As a black woman working in corporate America for 20 years, I share similar stories of many women and women of color [in] gender inequality, microaggression based on race and general bigotry, and ...
Womanist studies suggest this loyalty to the community provides the foundation for Black women activists serving in leadership roles. [1] Studies note that the relationship between womanism and the civil rights movement manifests itself in womanism's role in including Black female activists acting as participants and leaders.