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Widad Akrawi (born 1969) – writer and doctor, advocate for gender equality, women's empowerment and participation in peace-building and post-conflict governance; Johanne Andersen (1862–1925), active in Funen and in the Danish Women's Society; Ragnhild Nikoline Andersen (1907–1990) – trade unionist, Communist party politician and ...
Alaa Murabit (born 1989) – Libyan-Canadian physician and human rights advocate for inclusive peace and security Harriet Dunlop Prenter (fl. 1921) – Canadian feminist, pacifist Setsuko Thurlow (born 1932) – Japanese-Canadian non-nuclear weapon activist, figure of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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 –
Supreme Court justice and co-founder of the Women's Rights Law Reporter. Yoko Ono, 1933-. Wife of the late John Lennon, peaceful protester and voice for gender equality. Oprah Winfrey, 1954-. TV ...
From the mid-20th century the status of women improved greatly. Although Japan is often considered a very conservative country, it was in fact earlier than many European countries in giving women legal rights in the 20th century, as the 1947 Constitution of Japan provided a legal framework favorable to the advancement of women's equality in Japan.
In honor of Women's Equality Day Wednesday, we're highlighting three notable women making strides for females in the workforce. Sheryl Sandberg is COO of Facebook and the author of "Lean In: Women ...
women's suffrage/voting rights leader Frederick Douglass: 1818 1895 United States: abolitionist, women's rights and suffrage advocate, writer, organizer, black rights activist, inspiration Julia Ward Howe: 1818 1910 United States: writer, organizer, suffragette Susan B. Anthony: 1820 1906 United States: Women's suffrage leader, speaker, inspiration
The role of women in society became a topic of discussion during the Enlightenment. Influential philosophers and thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith, Nicolas de Condorcet, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau debated matters of gender equality. Prior to the Enlightenment, women were not considered of equal status to men in Western society.