Activism Archives - Page 68 of 193

Grace Lee Boggs

Chinese American civil rights and labor activist whose support for causes such as the Black Power movement, feminism, and the environment spanned over 70 years.

Elizabeth Fisher Read

Scholar and one of Eleanor Roosevelt’s earliest female political and feminist mentors

Like her sister Georgia, Alice Nugent played an active role in Black women’s clubs and other civic organizations in Kentucky. Both Alice and Georgia were founding members of Louisville’s Women’s Improvement Club (WIC).

Joan Newton Cuneo

Following Joan Newton Cuneo’s wins in the legendary Glidden Tour in 1908, women were banned from competing in American Automobile Association events.

Betty Reid Soskin

Civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman.

Charlotte Forten Grimke

Prominent abolitionist and women’s rights advocate. During the Civil War, Forten taught newly freed African-Americans on the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Her writings and poetry showed her commitment to battling racial and gender inequality.

Elizabeth Harden Gilmore

Civil rights leader who pioneered efforts to integrate her state’s schools, housing, and public accommodations and to pass civil rights legislation enforcing such integration.