Famous, Fabulous Feminists

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      Wall of Honour-         Naomi Wolf,  Germaine Greer,  Gloria Steinem, Mary Wollstonecraft,  Betty Friedan,  Simone de Beauvoir,  Elizabeth Cady Stanton,  Julia Ward Howe, Frances Willard,  Carrie Chapman Catt,  Harriot Stanton Blatch, Nora Blatch,  Mary Church Terrell, Mary White Ovington,  Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Sojourner Truth,  Susan B Anthony 

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Susan B. Anthony is probably the most famous American suffragist. In a little-known case, she was charged, and tried, by the United States government for voting in the 1872 presidential election.

Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954) also graduated from Oberlin College. A leading advocate for women's rights, she served as the first president (in 1896) of the National Association of Colored Women and (in 1909) she joined with
Mary White Ovington to form the NAACP. When she was 86 years old, Terrell led a successful fight to...

As a little girl, Harriot Stanton Blatch (Elizabeth Cady Stanton's daughter) was immersed into the fight for women's rights. Later, after she was married, Harriot (1856 - 1940) was a leader herself as was her daughter, Nora Blatch.

Like many other suffragists who lived long lives, Julia Ward Howe (1819 - 1910) did not live long enough to see the 19th Amendment become law. The same was true of Frances Willard (1839 - 1898) who was also a leading temperance champion.

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