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Born Before 20th Century (Chronological):
Marguerite d'Youville
, 1701-1771 (Canada)
Abigail Adams
, 1744-1818 (U.S.A.: MA)
Adams National Historic Site
Abigail Adams Historical Society
Abigail Adams : Witness to a Revolution
by Natalie S. Bober
Portia : The World of Abigail Adams
by Edith B. Gelles
Olympe de Gouge
, 1748-1793 (France)
Tabitha Moffatt Brown
, 1780-1858 (U.S.A.: MA, OR)
Elizabeth Fry
, 1780-1845 (U.K.)
Another biography
Mary Fildes
, ?-1875 (U.K.)
Dorothea Dix
, 1802-1887 (U.S.A.: ME, NJ, IL)
Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse : The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois
by Dorothea Lynde Dix, David L. Lightner (Editor)
Clara Brown
, 1803-1885 (U.S.A.: VA, MO, CO)
Aunt Clara Brown
by Linda Lowery, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator)
Pauline Roland
, 1805-1852 (France)
Mary Jane Seacole
, 1805-1881 (Jamaica)
Caroline Chisholm
, 1808-1877 (U.K., Australia)
Laura S. Haviland
, 1808-1898 (Canada, U.S.A.:N.Y., MI)
The Underground Railroad
Womans Life Work
by Laura S. Haviland
Ernestine Louise Rose
, 1810-1892 (Poland, U.K., U.S.A.: N.Y.)
Melchora Aquino
, 1812-1919 (Philippines)
Harriet Jacobs
, 1813-1897 (U.S.A.: NC, NY, DC, GA, MA)
Another profile
Another profile
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (A Harvest/Hbj Book)
by Harriet A. Jacobs, Lydia Maria Francis Child, Linda Brent, Walter Teller (Designer)
Mathilde Franziska Anneke
, 1817-1884 (Germany, U.S.A.:WI)
Louise Aston
, 1818-1871 (Germany)
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
, 1818-1907 (U.S.A.: VA, NC, MO, MD, DC)
Bridget "Biddy" Mason
, 1818-1891 (U.S.A.: MS, CA)
Open Hands, Open Heart: The Story of Biddy Mason
by Deidre D. Robinson, Albert T. Cooper III (Illustrator)
Clara Barton
, 1821-1921 (U.S.A.: MA, NJ, DC)
Another profile
Clara Barton Homestead
Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross
by Augusta Stevenson, Frank Giacoia (Illustrator)
A Woman of Valor : Clara Barton and the Civil War
by Stephen B. Oates
Frances Power Cobbe
, 1822-1904 (Ireland)
Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell
, 1825-1921 (U.S.A.: NY, NJ)
Antoinette Blackwell Home
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
, 1825-1911 (U.S.A.: MD, OH, PA)
A Brighter Coming Day; A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader
by Frances S. Foster (Editor)
Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph : Three Rediscovered Novels by Frances E.W. Harper
by Frances Smith Foster (Editor) et al.
Ellen Smith Craft
, 1826-1891 (U.S.A.: GA; U.K.)
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom : The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery
by William Craft, Ellen Craft, R. J. M. Blackett
Josephine Butler
, 1828-1906 (U.K.)
Catherine Booth
, 1829-1890 (U.K.)
Mary Ann Harris Gay
, 1829-1918 (U.S.A.: GA)
Helen Hunt Jackson
, 1830-1885 (U.S.A.: MA)
A Century of Dishonor : A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings With Some of the Indian Tribes
by Helen Hunt Jackson, Valerie Sherer Mathes
Helen Hunt Jackson and Her Indian Reform Legacy
by Valerie Sherer Mathes, Valerie S. Mathers
Ramona
by Helen Hunt Jackson
Mary Harris (Mother) Jones
, 1830-1930 (Ireland, Canada, U.S.A.: TN, IL)
Mother Jones Speaks : Speeches and Writings of a Working-Class Fighter
by Philip S. Foner (Editor), Mary Harris Jones
Louise Michel
, 1830-1895 (France)
Amelia Stone Quinton
, 1833-1926 (U.S.A.: NY, PA)
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton
, 1835-1930 (U.S.A.: GA)
Another profile
Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth
by Rebecca L. Felton
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
, 1838-1927 (U.S.A.: OH, NY; UK)
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
, 1839-1898 (U.S.A.: NY)
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards
, 1842-1911 (U.S.A.: MA)
Another profile
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Ellen Swallow Richards Home
Josephine Ruffin
, 1842-1924 (U.S.A.: MA)
Another profile
Josephine Shaw Lowell
, 1843-1905 (U.S.A.: MA, NY)
Another profile
Unsentimental Reformer : The Life of Josephine Shaw Lowell
by Joan Waugh
Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell, Containing a Biographical Sketch of Her Life Together With a Selection of Her Public Papers and Private Letters
by William R. Stewart
Bertha von Suttner
, 1843-1914 (Austria)
Charlotte Despard
, 1844-1939 (U.K.)
Annie Wood Besant
, 1847-1933 (U.K., India)
Another profile
Anna Howard Shaw
, 1847-1919 (U.K., U.S.A.: MI)
Another profile
A Voice from the Woods : The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
by Don Brown
(Marie-Anne) Hubertine Auclert
, 1848-1914 (France)
Nellie Peters Black
, 1851-1919 (U.S.A.: GA)
Lucy Parsons
, c.1853-1942 (U.S.A.: TX, IL)
Another profile
Utako Shimodo
, ca.1854-ca.1934 (Japan)
Isabella Ford
, 1855-1924 (U.K.)
Eleanor Marx
, 1855-1898 (U.K.)
Julia Clifford Lathrop
, 1858-1932 (U.S.A.: IL)
Marie Corbett
, 1859-1932 (U.K.)
Jane Addams
, 1860-1935 (U.S.A.: IL)
Another profile
Twenty Years at Hull-House : With Autobiographical Notes
by Jane Addams et al.
Jane Addams : Pioneer Social Worker
by Charnan Simon
Katharine Bement Davis
, 1860-1935 (U.S.A.: NY)
Juliette Gordon Low
, 1860-1927 (U.S.A.: GA)
Daisy and the Girl Scouts : The Story of Juliette Gordon Low
by Fern G. Brown et al.
Henrietta Szold
, 1860-1945 (U.S.A.: MD; Israel)
Another profile
Another profile
Daughter of My People : Henrietta Szold and Hadassah
by Hazel Krantz
Lost Love : The Untold Story of Henrietta Szold : Unpublished Diary and Letters
by Henrietta Szold et al.
Bhikaji Cama
, 1861-1936 (India)
Julia Anna Flisch
, 1861-1941 (U.S.A.: GA)
Margaret Haley
, 1861-1939 (U.S.A.: IL)
Another profile
Selina Cooper
, 1864-1946 (U.K.)
Kate Shelley
, c.1866-1912 (U.S.A.: IA)
Another profile
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
by Margaret K. Wetterer, Karen Ritz (Illustrator)
Mary Burnette Talbert
, 1866-1923 (U.S.A.: OH, AR, NY)
Emily Greene Balch
, 1867-1961 (U.S.A.: MA)
Nobel Peace Prize 1946
Emma Goldman
, 1869-1940 (Russia, U.S.A.: IL; U.K.)
Another profile
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Another profile
Another profile
Living My Life
(vol.1) by Emma Goldman
Living My Life
(vol.2) by Emma Goldman
Alice Hamilton
, 1869-1970 (U.S.A.: NY, IN, IL, MA)
Alice Hamilton, a Life in Letters
by Barbara Sicherman, Alice Hamilton (Photographer)
Rosa Luxemburg
, 1871-1919 (Poland, Germany)
Selena Sloan Butler
, 1872-1964 (U.S.A.: GA)
Rheta Dorr
, 1872-1948 (U.S.A.: NY)
Jessie Wallace Hughan
, 1875-1955 (U.S.A.: NY)
Qiu Jin
, 1875-1907 (China)
Edith Abbott
, 1876-1957 (U.S.A.: NE, IL)
Sibilla Aleramo
, 1876-1960 (Italy)
Blanche Ames Ames
, 1878-1969 (U.S.A.: MA)
Raden Adjeng Kartini
, 1879-1904 (Indonesia)
Letters of a Javanese Princess
by Raden Adjeng Kartini
Margaret Sanger
, 1879-1966 (U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Margaret Sanger Clinic
Breaking Barriers : The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret Sanger to Betty Friedan
by Jules Archer
Huda Shaarawi
, 1879-1947 (Egypt)
Harem Years : The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 1879-1924
by Huda Shaarawi, Margot Badran (Editor)
Helen Adams Keller
, 1880-1968 (U.S.A.: AL, MA)
Another profileS
Story of My Life
by Helen Keller
Helen and Teacher : The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
by Joseph P. Lash
Margery Corbett Ashby
, 1882-1981 (U.K.)
Frances Perkins
, 1882-1965 (U.S.A.: MA, NY)
Halide (Edib) Adivar
, 1883-1964 (Turkey)
Eleanor Roosevelt
, 1884-1962 (U.S.A.: NY)
Another biography
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : The Home Front in World War II
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
by Eleanor Roosevelt
Cicely Corbett Fisher
, 1885-1959 (U.K.)
Louise Fletcher Chase
, 1888-1974 (U.S.A.: NY, MA)
Olave Baden-Powell
, 1889-1977 (U.K.)
Dicksie Bradley Bandy
, 1890-1971 (U.S.A.: GA)
Corrie ten Boom
, 1892-1983 (Netherlands)
Corrie ten Boom House
Pearl S. Buck
, 1892-1973 (U.S.A.)
Catherine de Hueck Doherty
, 1896-1985 (Russia, Canada, U.S.A.: NY)
Tina Modotti
, 1896-1942 (Italy, Mexico)
Another profile
Another profile
Dorothy Day
, 1897-1980 (U.S.A.: NY, IL)
Dorothy Day Library on the Web
Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin and the Catholic Worker Movement
Septima Poinsette Clark
, 1898-1987 (U.S.A.: SC)
Born 20th Century (Alphabetical):
Bella Abzug
(U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Another profile
Jane Alexander
(U.S.A.: MA)
Filmography
Gladys Aylward
(U.K., China)
Another profile
Gladys Aylward : The Adventure of a Lifetime (Christian Heroes, Then & Now)
by Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
Joan Baez
(U.S.A.: NY, CA, MA)
Another profile
Maryam Ibrahim Babangida
(Nigeria)
Ella Baker
(U.S.A.: VA, NY, GA)
Another profile
Ella Baker: Freedom Bound
by Joanne Grant
Joyce Banda
(Malawi)
Judi Bari
(U.S.A.: MD, CA)
Anne Bashkiroff
(U.S.A.: CA)
Joyce Baskins
(U.S.A.: PA)
Daisy Gatson Bates
(U.S.A.: AR)
The Daisy Bates Papers
Lillian Kennedy Beam
(U.S.A.: OH, CA)
Ela Bhatt
(India)
Another profile
Kiran Bedi
(India)
Another profile
Rebecca Boone
(U.S.A.: AL)
Barbara Pierce Bush
(U.S.A.: NY, TX)
Another profile
Helen Caldicott
(Australia, U.S.A.: NY)
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A Desperate Passion : An Autobiography
by Helen Broinowski Caldicott
If You Love This Planet : A Plan to Heal the Earth
by Helen Caldicott
Elaine Carter
(U.S.A.: CA)
Rosalynn Carter
(U.S.A.:CA)
Another profile
First Lady from Plains
by Rosalynn Carter
Helping Yourself Help Others : A Book for Caregivers
by Rosalynn Carter, Susan K. Golant (Contributor)
Linda Chavez-Thompson
(U.S.A.: TX, DC)
Another profile
Hélène Cixous
(Algeria, France)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
(U.S.A.: IL, AR, NY)
Another profile
It Takes a Village : And Other Lessons Children Teach Us
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Living History
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Celina Cossa
(Mozambique)
Mairead Corrigan
(Northern Ireland)
Ann Armstrong Dailey
(U.S.A.: VA)
Angela Davis
(U.S.A.: AL, CA)
1970 Interview with Angela Davis
Angela Davis : An Autobiography
by Angela Yvonne Davis
Dorothy DeBolt
(U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Princess Diana
(U.K.)
Another profile
Another profile
Diana : Portrait of a Princess
by Jayne Fincher, Judy Wade (Contributor)
Diana: A Celebration
(VHS)
Barbara J. Easterling
(U.S.A.: OH)
Marian Wright Edelman
(U.S.A.: SC, MS, DC)
Another profile
"Standing Up For The World's Children: Leave No Child Behind"
(Gifts of Speech)
The Measure of Our Success : A Letter to My Children and Yours
by Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman : The Making of a Crusader
by Beatrice Siegel
Eka Esu-Williams
(Nigeria)
Anita Figueredo
(Costa Rica, U.S.A.: CA)
Ruth First
(South Africa)
Marilyn Fitterman
(U.S.A.: NY)
Pauline M. Foster
(U.S.A.: CA)
Sonia Pressman Fuentes
(Germany, U.S.A.: NY, FL, MD)
Maneka Gandhi
(India)
Interview with Maneka Gandhi
Bertha Gilkey
(U.S.A.: IL, MO)
Joy Glenner
(U.S.A.: CA)
Tipper Gore
(U.S.A.: VA, TN)
Picture This; A Visual Diary
by Tipper Gore
Tipper Gore : A Voice for the Voiceless (Achievers)
by Joann Bren Guernsey
Germaine Greer
(Australia, U.K.)
Another profile
A Groupie in Women's Lib
by Robert Greenfield
Ruth Ellen Gruber
(U.S.A.: PA, NY; Italy)
Another profile
Haven : The Dramatic Story of 1000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America
by Ruth Gruber
Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent
by Ruth Gruber
Elinor Guggenheimer
(U.S.A.: NY)
Clara Hale
(U.S.A.: PA, NY)
Another profile
Clara Hale : Mother to Those Who Needed One (Everyone Contributes)
by Bob Italia, Rosie Wallner (Editor)
Mildred Harnack
(U.S.A.: WI; Germany)
Another profile
Barbara Harris
(U.S.A.: PA)
Another profile
Elaine K. Harris
(U.S.A.: NY)
Sachiko Hashimoto
(Japan)
Audrey Hepburn
(Belgium, U.K., U.S.A., Switzerland)
Another biography
The Official Audrey Hepburn Web Site
Elizabeth's Audrey Hepburn Page
Dolores Huerta
(U.S.A.: NM, CA)
Another profile
Christine Jean
(France)
Another profile
Cathy Keating
(U.S.A.: OK)
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
(U.S.A.)
Mildred O. Knopf
(U.S.A.: NY, CA)
Eve Curie Labouisse
(France)
Candy Lightner
(U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Jeannette Lofas
(U.S.A.: NY)
Wangari Muta Maathai
(Kenya)
Graça Simbine Machel
(Mozambique)
Joanna Macy
(U.S.A.: CA)
Colleen McCrory
(Canada)
Gloria McMillan
(U.S.A.: CA)
Meena
(Afghanistan)
Kate Millett
(U.S.A.: NY)
The Politics of Cruelty : An Essay on the Literature of Political Imprisonment
by Kate Millett
Joyce F. Mungherera
(Uganda)
Queen Noor
(Jordan)
Keiko Ochiai
(Japan)
Esther Afua Ocloo
(Ghana)
Molara Ogundipe-Leslie
(Nigeria, U.S.A.)
Re-Creating Ourselves : African Women & Critical Transformations
Chief Bisi Ogunleye
(Nigeria)
Medha Patkar
(India)
Peace Pilgrim
(U.S.A.)
Peace Pilgrim : Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
by Peace Pilgrim
Steps Toward Inner Peace : Harmonious Principles for Human Living
by Peace Pilgrim
Mamphela Ramphele
(Zaire)
Installation photos
Interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Rachel Robinson
(U.S.A.: NY)
Jackie Robinson : An Intimate Portrait
by Rachel Robinson et al.
Nawal El Saadawi
(Egypt)
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
by Nawal El Saadawi
The Innocence of the Devil
by Nawal El Saadawi
Jehan Sadat
(Egypt)
Phyllis Schlafly
(U.S.A.: MO, DC)
Sophie Scholl
(Germany)
Felice N. Schwartz
(U.S.A.:NY)
Another profile
Donna Shalala
(U.S.A.: OH, NY, FL)
Another profile
Vandana Shiva
(India)
Interview with Dr. Shiva
Biopiracy : The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge
by Vandana Shiva
Monocultures of the Mind : Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology
by Vandana Shiva
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver
(U.S.A.:MA)
Mimi Silbert
(U.S.A.: CA)
Another profile
Linda Smith
(U.S.A.: CA)
Deborah Szekely
(U.S.A.: DC)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
(India, Albania)
Another profile
Sally B. Thornton
(U.S.A.: CA)
Urvashi Vaid
(India, U.S.A.: NY, MA, DC)
Sima Wali
(Afghanistan, U.S.A.: DC)
Statement by Sima Wali
Speaker discusses oppression of Afghan women
Faye Wattleton
(U.S.A.: MO, OH, IL)
Mary Brent Wehrli
(U.S.A.: CA)
Betty Williams
(Northern Ireland)
Jody Williams
(U.S.A.: VT)
Nobel Laureate's Long Trip From Vermont Farm to Fame
A Global Ban On Landmines: Address To The Treaty Signing Conference And Mine Action Forum by Jody Williams
After Guns Fall Silent : The Enduring Legacy of Landmines
by Shawn Roberts, Jody Williams
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