List of feminist women of color
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The list below includes women of color who identify as feminist, including intersectional, Black, Chicana, and Mexican feminism.
Feminist Name | Birth Period | Country/Race/Ethnicity | Feminist work/Activist work/Comments | Education | Pronouns/Sexuality |
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Dr. Pauli Murray | November 20, 1910–
July 1, 1985[1] |
Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[1] |
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Queer woman
(she, her, hers).[3] |
Audre Lorde | February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992[4] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[4] |
|
|
Lesbian woman (she, her, hers)[6] |
Frances Beal | January 13, 1940 – | Country: United States
Race: Russian/Jew, African American (Black) and Native American. |
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|
N/A |
bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) | September 25, 1952[8] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[8] |
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N/A |
Julianne Malveaux | September 22, 1953[10] | Country: United States
Race: African American[10] |
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N/A |
Toni Morrison | February 18, 1931[12] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[12] |
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N/A |
Angela Davis | January 26, 1944[15] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[15] |
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N/A |
Kimberlé Crenshaw | 1959 | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black) |
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N/A |
Janet Mock | March 10, 1983[19] | Country: United States
Ethnicity: Hawaiian Race: African American/Hawaiian[19] |
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Trans woman
(she, her, hers)[19] |
Amandla Stenberg | October 23, 1998[22] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black), Danish |
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Pansexual non-binary person (they, them theirs)[29] |
Laverne Cox | May 29, 1972[30] | Country: United States
Race: African American (Black)[30] |
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Trans woman (she, her, hers)[31] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Biography | Pauli Murray Project". paulimurrayproject.org. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The 'Black, Queer, Feminist' Legal Trailblazer You've Never Heard Of". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c "Pauli Murray | LGBTHistoryMonth.com". lgbthistorymonth.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f "About Audre Lorde | Audre Lorde Project". alp.org. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b "Audre Lorde". Poetry Foundation. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ "Audre Lorde on Being a Black Lesbian Feminist". www.english.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c "Women's History Month 2012: Frances M. Beal". Social Justice For All. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b "About the bell hooks Institute | bell hooks Institute". bell hooks Institute. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f "Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In". The Feminist Wire. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dr. Julianne Malveaux". Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Julianne Malveaux". Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b Society, The Toni Morrison. "The Official Website of The Toni Morrison Society". www.tonimorrisonsociety.org. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e "Toni Morrison | American author". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d "Toni Morrison Biography – life, family, childhood, children, parents, name, story, death, history, school". www.notablebiographies.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c "Angela Yvonne Davis facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Angela Yvonne Davis". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b Aptheker, Bettina (1999-04-01). The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801485978.
- ^ a b c "Davis, Angela (1944--) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c "Biography Page". law.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "About". janetmock.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ a b "Kimberlé Crenshaw". AAPF. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ "I Was Born a Boy". Marie Claire. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ "Home". Amandla Stenberg. Archived from the original on 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Jeffs, Lotte (2016-08-10). "Cover Star Amandla Stenberg Is Born To Rule". ELLE UK. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Workneh, Lilly; Black Voices (2015-07-13). "Amandla Stenberg: Black Female Bodies Are Treated As Less Than Human". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Workneh, Lilly; Black Voices (2015-04-14). "16-year-old Amandla Stenberg Schools Everyone On Cultural Appropriation". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Zupkus, Lauren Zupkus (2015-05-31). "Jaden Smith Goes To Prom With 'Hunger Games' Actress Amandla Stenberg". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Howard, Jacqueline (2015-08-17). "Amandla Stenberg On Science, Activism And Her Idols". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Ryder, Caroline (2015-08-11). "How Amandla Stenberg became the voice of her generation". Dazed. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ^ Eidell, Lynsey. "Amandla Stenberg Doesn't Think Gender Actually Exists". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ a b c "Laverne Cox". Biography. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ a b c "About + Bio ⋆ Laverne Cox". Laverne Cox. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ Levenson, Eric (2014-05-29). "Laverne Cox Is the First Transgender Person on the Cover of Time". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-03-26.