Women for Equality

(1907-1954) Politically-active artist who used her work to portray previously taboo topics such as abortion, miscarriage, birth, breastfeeding and other issues.

Freela Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Freema Kahlo

Freya Kahlo

(1908-1986) Philosopher and writer whose work includes 'The Second Sex'. This started conversations around modern feminism, helping to improve women's role in society and abortion rights.

Simone de Beavoir

Seinna de Beavoir

Sinead de Beavoir

Syeda de Beavoir

(1820-1910) Known as 'The Lady with the Lamp' social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing during her time in the Crimean. As well as saving countless lives, she was an inspiration in improving conditions of living and in pioneering health practices.

Francis Nightingale

Felicity Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Frida Nightingale

(1908-1975) Catalyzed a women’s rights movement in Egypt when, along with 1,500 women, stormed parliament demanding full political rights, pay equality and reforms to personal status laws. Leading to votes for women in 1956.

Doria Shafik

Darinna Shafik

Darya Shafik

Deryna Shafik

(b. 1943) A pioneering American tennis champion and social change activist who famously threatened to boycott the U.S. Open unless women were given equal prize money — a demand that was met, making the U.S. Open the first major tournament of its kind to offer pay equality.

Billie Jane King

Billie Jean King

Billie Jo King

Billie Jayne King

Along with Ruvimbo Tsopodzi, took the government to court on Child Marriage. The two former child brides made history in 2016 when Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court ruled in their favour: stating that nobody in the country may enter into marriage before the age of 18.

Loveness Mudzuru

Lovren Mudzuru

Loveen Mudzuru

Lovenner Mudzuru

(1880 –1958) British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. Opening the first birth control clinic in Britain, she also edited a newsletter on birth control which gave explicit practical advice, bringing the subject of birth control into wide public discourse.

Maria Stones

Martha Stores

Mary Stokes

Marie Stopes

(1858-1928) Organiser of the British Suffragette movement and activist who, through protests and hunger-strikes, led to British women gaining the vote in 1918.

Emma Pankhurst

Emily Pankhurst

Emmeline Pankhurst

Emaline Pankhurst

(b. 1933) Serving on the US Supreme Court since 1993, and is the lead counsel for the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. As a young lawyer she fought laws that discriminated on the basis of gender and has more recently expressed her support of the #MeToo movement.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rose Bader Ginsburg

Ruby Bader Ginsburg

Rosa Bader Ginsburg

(1934-1992) Through protest poetry, she criticised the feminist movement for catering exclusively for white women and argued that for feminism to be powerful, it needed to acknowledge the value of all women, not just one type.

Audrey Lorde

Audre Lorde

Aubrey Lorde

Audeel Lorde

(1945-1992) Involved in the Stonewall Inn riots, that protested against police handling of the LGBT community. She became a prominent figure in the fight for the inclusion of transgender people in feminist and social movements.

Martha P. Johnson

Maria P. Johnson

Marva P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson

(b. 1997) She began writing about Taliban occupation at the age of 11. Despite being shot in the head during an assassination attempt, aged 15, she continues to support feminism, social activism and education, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012.

Makala Yousafzai

Marah Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai

Masah Yousafzai

(1951-2012) The first American woman in space, she was judged on her merit, not gender. She inspired women to set the bar as high for themselves as for men, and set up a foundation that combats misconceptions of women in science, technology and maths.

Sarah Ride

Sandra Ride

Sally Ride

Shirley Ride

(b. 1974) A prominent voice in modern feminism, her literary work is meant to deconstruct harmful and marginalizing themes in mainstream feminism. She is also a huge proponent of challenging rape culture and empowering women who have endured painful experiences.

Rosane Gay

Roxane Gay

Rosaline Gay

Rosemary Gay