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15 Most Famous Women Right Activists in History

Many revolutions have shaped our life. While they have been led by men, revolutionary women have also taken it upon themselves to impact the world and leave a lasting change. Not only is this beautiful, it is/was absolutely necessary. As they say, the wearer of the shoe knows where it pinches. It took women to realize the issues that affect women and find solutions to the same.

In this notable article, we take time to recognize famous female activists in the world. These women cannot be forgotten. They broke glass ceilings and because of them we thrive and do great things today. Enjoy!

1. Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist. She is also the winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Malala was given this award when she was 17 years only. She is currently the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate and the second Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize.

Malala is known for her work in the  human rights advocacy sector especially the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat. This is in light of the fact that the Pakistani Taliban have at times banned girls from attending school.

2. Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem is a known American journalist and social-political activist. She emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States. This happened during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Gloria co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus. This platform gives training and support for women who seek elected and appointed offices in government. Gloria was even arrested in 1984. She was arrested together with other activists for disorderly conduct outside the South African embassy as they protested against the South African apartheid system.

3. Angela Davis

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Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author. Davis is a major figure in the prison abolition movement. She has called the United States prison system the “prison鈥搃ndustrial complex”.

Davis opposed the 1995 Million Man March. She argued that the exclusion of women from this event promoted male chauvinism. She is the author of more than ten books that speak on class, gender, race, and the U.S. prison system. Davis has received various awards, including the Soviet Union’s Lenin Peace Prize.

4. Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is well known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”.

She resisted the Alabama racial segregation system in America. Parks’ act of defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became important symbols of the movement. She became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation.

5. Obiageli Ezekwesili

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Obiageli Ezekwesili is not only an activist, she’s also an economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency, accountability, good governance and a humanitarian.

After nearly 300 mainly Christian girls were abducted from Chibok by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Ezekwesili utilized the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group to draw attention to the plight of persons who have been abducted by terrorists from. She was instrumental to the start of the viral #Advocacy and #BringBackOurGirls Campaign campaign on social media, which trended internationally.

6. Michelle Obama

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She is the voice reason of our time. Michelle Obama was the first lady during the presidency tenure of Barack Obama. She was the first African-American first lady.

Michelle Obama used this position to bring about positive change wherever she could. In 2015 she launched the 鈥淟et Girls Learn鈥� initiative. 鈥淟et Girls Learn鈥� uses the aid of 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers to support community projects in developing countries that help girls go to school and stay in school.

7. Gra莽a Machel

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Gra莽a Machel is a philanthropist and activist for girls鈥� access to education and basic human rights. In her activism, she founded the Gra莽a Machel Trust. This was meant to protect girls from childhood marriage and female genital mutilation.

Machel believes that adolescent girls need to have the same educational opportunities as their male counterparts in order to contribute to the development of their communities.

8. Wangari Maathai

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Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan political activist and environmentalist. She became the first woman in East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate and went on to found the Green Belt Movement, an organization that focuses on environmental conservation. Wangari worked to end environmental destruction.

She was also keen to empower rural women. Her organization planted more than 30 million trees and trained over 30,000 women in trades that help them earn an income and preserve their lands and resources. Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.

9. Amelia Earhart

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While she is best known for her exploits as the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia was also a passionate equal rights activist. Earhart was a member of the National Women鈥檚 Party as well as a visiting faculty member at Purdue University where.

She took it upon herself to counsel young women on career choices and encouraged them to discover their true potential. She famously said 鈥淲omen must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.鈥�

10. Simone de Beauvoir

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Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, philosopher, political activist and influential feminist thinker. Her 1949 book 鈥淭he Second Sex鈥� was extremely controversial for its time.

It was in fact placed on the Vatican鈥檚 List of Prohibited Books. The book  is now regarded as one of the most influential books on feminist philosophy. The book  questioned the history of women鈥檚 oppression and laid the groundwork for the second-wave feminism.

11. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first female president of Liberia. During her presidency, she prioritized girls鈥� education and advocated for women鈥檚 rights.

Her work as president earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Sirleaf promoted democracy, peace, justice, and women鈥檚 empowerment. She went on to lead Liberia through reconciliation and recovery after the war civil war that had ravaged the country.

12. Miriam Makeba

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Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Afrika, was a South African singer, songwriter, and anti-apartheid activist. Makeba used songs to share the story of what was happening in South Africa during the apartheid era with the rest of the world.

This led to her being exiled from the country as a result of using art as an expression against the government. In 1963, Makeba gave a speech before the United Nations General Assembly speaking out against apartheid.

13. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a US Supreme Court Justice before her death in 2020. After she experienced sexism, RBG used her profession as a lawyer to advocate for gender equality in the United States. She volunteered at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and was central to the founding of their Women鈥檚 Rights Project in 1971.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court. This made  her the second woman to be appointed. Her work in gender justice has inspired generations of women to break barriers as she helped to pass several laws in an effort to achieve gender equality.

14. Jane Fonda

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Jane Fonda is the embodiment of the older generation’s commitment to fight against climate change. She has starred in many campaigns. Fonda also uses social networks like TikTok to get her message across to young people.

She has led demonstrations in Washington organized by the Fire Drill Fridays. This is a group she created to raise the alarm about the climate emergency. During the demonstrations, Fonda was escorted away in handcuffs by the police.

15. Tarana Burke

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Burke founded the #MeToo movement in 2006 to address the inequity of resources for marginalized women experiencing violence. The hashtag has shed light on the epidemic of sexual violence. It has also created a community of survivors around the world. Tarana was named 2017 Time Magazine鈥檚 Person of the Year.