- Women's Lives, Women's Activism
- History 147
- September 6, 2000
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- Class-identified characteristics of Activist Women
- Rebellious
- Truth speaking
- Refusal to keep silent/vocal
- Willingness to risk for cause
- Aggressive/assertive
- Unprejudiced
- Believer in ability to make change
- Uppity
- Angry
- Caring
- Well informed
- Strong-minded
- Determined/bold
- Resilient
- Visionary/idealistic
- Having bodily integrity
- Challenger to gender norms
- Challenger to most norms
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- Some Women Identified as Examples of Activism:
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- Susan B. Anthony (6) Mother Jones
- Harriet Tubman (4) Maria Montessori
- Margaret Sanger (3) Rachel Carson
- Gloria Steinem (2) Princess Diana
- Audre Lord Sojourner Truth
- Emma Goldman Rosa Parks
- Lori Berenson Maya Angelou
- Angela Davis Victoria Woodhull
- Toni Morrison Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- bell hooks Coretta Scott King
- Urvashi Viad Grace Paley
- Claire of Assis Eleanor Roosevelt
- Vandana Shiva Cleopatra
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- Local anticorporate organizer
- Local GSA organizer
- Photojournalist for 3rd world
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