- Gloria Steinem (1934- ); founder, Ms.
Magazine.
- Bella Abzug
(1920-1998); Civil rights and labor attorney elected to Congress (House of Rep.) from New York City; served 1971-1977.
- Betty Friedan (1921- ); feminist leader
and author of the book "The Feminine
Mystique" (1963).
- Shulamith Firestone (1945- ); Canadian
feminist. Wrote "The Dialectic
of Sex" (1970).
- Andrea Dworkin (1946- ); radical;
apparent lesbian. Author of the book
"Intercourse" (1987).
- Susan Brownmiller (1935- ); U.S.
feminist. Wrote the book "Against Our
Will" (1975).
- Susan Faludi (1959- ); author of the
book "Backlash" (1992).
- Naomi Wolf (1962- ); advisor to Al Gore
in the 2000 U.S. presidential
election.
- Emma Goldman (1869-1940); early U.S.
feminist.
- Ernestine Rose (1810-1892); b. in
Poland; early feminist.
- Phyllis Chesler (1941- ); U.S.
feminist; author of the book "Woman's
Inhumanity to Woman" (2002).
- Judy Chicago (Cohen) (1939- ); U.S.
feminist. Author of the book
"The Dinner Party" (1996).
- Robin Morgan (1941- ); U.S.
feminist. Former editor-in-chief, Ms. magazine.
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939- ); U.S.
feminist; co-founded Ms. magazine.
- Gerda Lerner (1920- ); b. in Austria.
- Annie Nathan Meyer (1867-1951); U.S.
feminist.
- Maud Nathan (1862-1946); sister of
Annie Nathan Meyer; U.S. feminist.
- Geri Palast (1950- ); chair, Committee
on Women in the Global Economy;
U.S. feminist.
- Rose Schneiderman (1882-1972); b. in
Poland.
- Anita Pollitzer (1894-1975); U.S.
feminist; pal of artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
- Gene Boyer (no birthyear available); a
founder of N.O.W.; president of
Jewish Feminists; U.S. feminist.
- Lucy Komisar (1942- ); author of the
book "The New Feminism" (1971);
U.S. feminist.
- Karen Nussbaum (1950- ); (apparently
Jewish); leader of 9to5- National
Association of Working Women.
- Eleanor Flexner (1908-1995);
(apparently Jewish-relative is a Zionist);
U.S. feminist.
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