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list of feminists
This is an alphabetically ordered list of feminists organized by nationality and feminist generation, or “wave.” See also Equal Rights Amendment; feminism; National Organization for Women; Nineteenth Amendment; Seneca Falls convention; women’s movement; woman suffrage.
Early feminists and suffragists
American
- Molly Yard
Japanese
- Kato Shizue Hirota
- Fuki Kushida
- Oku Mumeo
Second wave
American
- Marilyn French
- Martha Edna Wright Griffiths
- Elizabeth Janeway
- Jill Johnston
- Frances Lear
- Del Martin
- Ann Richards
- Joanna Russ
- Ellen Jane Willis
Canadian
- Florence Bayard Bird
- Laura Villela Sabia
Turkish
- Duygu Asena
Third wave
This article was most recently revised and updated by Naomi Blumberg.
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