Queer Archives - Page 8 of 20

Gladys Bentley

American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.

Jeannette Rankin

In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.

American butch lesbian, transgender activist, author, and communist. Her notable works include “Stone Butch Blues” (1993) and “Transgender Warriors” (1996), which played a significant role in gender studies.

Alice Ramsey

The first woman to drive a car across the United States from coast to coast, in 1909

Eglantyne Jebb

British social reformer who founded the Save the Children organisation at the end of World War I

Eva Gore-Booth

Irish poet, mystic, trade unionist and suffragist

Emma Goldman

Russian-born Jewish anarchist, political activist, and writer who greatly influenced anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Nadezhda Durova

Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, under the guise of a man, achieved distinction as a decorated soldier within the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. She was one of the earliest documented female officers in the Russian military.