Tarana Burke is a civil rights activist who was the original founder of the “Me Too” movement, which she started in 2006. It later became a global phenomenon that raised awareness about sexual harassment, abuse, and assault in society in 2017. Burke became involved in civil rights activism while at University, where she organised press conferences …
Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer is an activist who, along with her friends, started the petition to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and came up with its slogan, “Mni wiconi” (Water is Life). In 2016, 13 year old Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux band Hunkpapa, along with 30 …
Jane Goodall is an activist, primatologist and anthropologist who is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees. Goodall was born in London, and at a young age was given a toy chimpanzee which inspired her lifelong love of animals. She travelled to a friends farm in Kenya in 1957, where she met notable Kenyan archaeologist and …
Efua Dorkenoo, affectionately known as ‘Mama Efua’ was a Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practice. Dorkenoo began her career in health while working as a staff nurse at various hospitals including the Royal Free. While training as a midwife, she became aware of the practise of FGM while …
This weeks Illustrated Women in History was submitted by Sophie Lloyd for the upcoming Illustrated Women in History exhibition in April at Swindon Central Library. It is part of the Illustrated Women in History III zine which is now available here http://etsy.me/2nwlby2 Gloria Steinem is is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer who …
This weeks Illustrated Woman in History was illustrated by Sarah Cochrane. You can follow Sarah on Instagram @sarahjcochrane and find out more about her on her website sarahjcochrane.com
Doria Shafik was a feminist and founder of the Bint al-Nil Union who became one of the leaders of the women’s liberation movement in Egypt in the mid-1940s. Her efforts led to Egyptian women being granted the right to to vote by the Egyptian constitution. Shafik was born in 1908 in Tanta, in the Nile …
Concepción Arenal was a Spanish feminist writer and activist who founded the feminist movement in Spain. Arenal was born in 1820 in Ferrol, Galicia. In 1829, she and her family moved to Armaño following the death of her father. Arenal witnesses the social inequalities of the time, including the gender inequality imposed by the patriarchal …
Eartha Kitt was an American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedian, activist and voice artist. She had a distinctive singing style and is best known for her Christmas song “Santa Baby” and for playing Catwoman in the television series Batman. Kitt was born in 1927 near the town of North in South Carolina. Her …
Amandla Stenberg is an actress best known for Catelya in Colombiana and Rue in The Hunger Games. She is an activist and in addition to advocating for No Kid Hungry, she has spoken out about a range of issues including the Black Lives Matter movement and the appropriation of black culture into the mainstream. She …