Activism Archives - Page 225 of 304

Irish Bahá’í pioneer and humanitarian

Irish public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army

French-Irish feminist

Irish author, journalist and political campaigner

Irish-American/Canadian frontier entrepreneur and philanthropist

Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793) was an intellectual of her time, writer, political figure, and perhaps among the first true feminist activists.

Rebecca West famously remarked that ‘people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute’.

Ngāti Kahungunu founding mother, landowner, farmer in New Zealand

British activist, sculptor and painter who travelled internationally

New Zealand political activist, feminist, welfare worker