Germaine Greer

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Born	January 29, 1939 (age 86) • Melbourne • Australia
Notable Works	“Shakespeare’s Wife” • “The Whole Woman” • “White Beech: The Rainforest Years”
Subjects Of Study	Anne Hathaway • sexual freedom • sexuality
Role In	women’s rights movement

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Jill Ker Conway

American scholar

Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer

Joyce Banda

Joyce Banda

president of Malawi

Catharine A. MacKinnon

American feminist and law professor

Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

American author and feminist

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

American artist

Abzug, Bella

Bella Abzug

American politician

Huda Sharawi

Egyptian feminist and nationalist

Jeannette Rankin, 1918

Jeannette Rankin

American politician

Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

American feminist, political activist, and editor

Martin, Anne Henrietta

Anne Henrietta Martin

American reformer and educator

Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Karman

Yemeni women’s rights activist

Kate Millett

American feminist, author, and artist

bell hooks

bell hooks

American scholar

Perle Mesta, 1955.

Perle Mesta

American diplomat

Height, Dorothy

Dorothy Height

American civil and women’s rights activist

Andrea Dworkin

American activist and author

Catherine East

American feminist and public official

Barbara Christian

Caribbean-American educator and critic