User:The Anome/List of secular feminists

A list of secular feminists. This includes, but is not restricted to just atheists: you can be a secularist without being an atheist, eg. campaigners for religious freedom.

Sources:


 * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/21/women-in-secularism-conference-a-summary-part-1/
 * Women Without superstition: "No gods–No Masters!"
 * Own memory
 * http://www.blaghag.com/2010/01/large-list-of-awesome-female-atheists.html

Currently pending, as of May 2012

 * Anne Nicol Gaylor -- one of the founders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation
 * Christine Overall -- philosopher, see http://post.queensu.ca/~cdo/, http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/04/04/essay-christine-overall-why-have-children
 * Clara Colby -- aka Clara Bewick Colby, article-worthy and missing: see ,
 * Ella E. Gibson, Ella Elvira Gibson, see
 * Ellen Battelle Dietrick -- see http://www.newportohiohistory.com/subpage341.html
 * Elmina D. Slenker -- U.S. freethinker and birth control activist, imprisoned under the Comstock Act -- see and .Google Books Search finds a lot more material about her -- also presumably identical to Elmina Drake Slenker
 * Etta Semple -- of Ontario, Kansas: see this thesis for more on her life
 * Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner -- see
 * Jamila Bey -- U.S. radio host, see http://www.theroot.com/views/black-atheism-jamila-bey
 * Joan Konner -- emeritus professor of journalism, Emmy Award winner, see http://joanwkonner.com/, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/07/joanKonner.html
 * Laura Purdy (philosopher) -- philosophy prefessor, see http://www.iheu.org/node/2185 -- distinct from Laura Purdy (fashion designer)
 * Lucy N. Colman, or Lucy N. Coleman -- see, : "Colman" appears to be the correct spelling
 * Marian Noel Sherman, Marian Sherman -- see http://memorybc.ca/marian-noel-sherman-fonds;rad
 * Marilla M. Ricker, Marilla Ricker -- U.S. lawyer, born 1840: see http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/marilla-ricker, http://www.nhwba.org/about/awards/
 * Meg Bowman -- see http://www.wws-gb.freeuk.com/meg_bowman.htm
 * Queen Silver -- see http://www.queensilver.org/, http://www.miltontimmons.com/GodlessGirl.html
 * Sumitra Padmanabhan -- president, Science and Rationalists' Association of India

List, including pending

 * Alice Walker
 * Ann Dryuan -- a typo for Ann Druyan
 * Anne Hutchinson -- note: not an atheist, but an advocate of religious freedom
 * Anne Nicol Gaylor -- one of the founders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation
 * Anne Royall
 * Annie Besant
 * Ayaan Hirsi Ali
 * Barbara Ehrenreich
 * Barbara G. Walker
 * Barbara Smoker
 * Butterfly McQueen
 * Catherine Deveny
 * Catherine Fahringer
 * Charlotte Perkins Gilman
 * Christine Overall -- philosopher, see http://post.queensu.ca/~cdo/, http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/04/04/essay-christine-overall-why-have-children
 * Clara Colby -- aka Clara Bewick Colby, article-worthy and missing: see ,
 * Dora Russell
 * Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 * Ella E. Gibson, Ella Elvira Gibson, see
 * Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 * Ellen Battelle Dietrick -- see http://www.newportohiohistory.com/subpage341.html
 * Elmina D. Slenker -- U.S. freethinker and birth control activist, imprisoned under the Comstock Act -- see and .Google Books Search finds a lot more material about her -- also presumably identical to Elmina Drake Slenker
 * Emma Goldman
 * Emma Martin
 * Ernestine L. Rose -> Ernestine Rose
 * Etta Semple -- of Ontario, Kansas: see this thesis for more on her life
 * Frances Wright
 * George Eliot (Marian Evans)
 * Greta Christina
 * Harriet Marineau -- presumably a typo for Harriet Martineau
 * Helen Gardener, Helen H. Gardener -> Helen Hamilton Gardener
 * Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner -- see
 * Jamila Bey -- U.S. radio host, see http://www.theroot.com/views/black-atheism-jamila-bey
 * Jane Caro
 * Jennifer McCreight
 * Jennifer Michael Hecht
 * Jessica Ahlquist
 * Joan Konner -- emeritus professor of journalism, Emmy Award winner, see http://joanwkonner.com/, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/07/joanKonner.html
 * Joan Smith
 * Josephine K. Henry
 * Julia Sweeney
 * Katha Pollitt
 * Kay Nolte Smith
 * Laura Purdy --> Laura M. Purdy (I think) -- philosophy prefessor, see http://www.iheu.org/node/2185 -- distinct from the late fashion designer Laura Frances Purdy
 * Leslie Cannold
 * Lillie Devereux Blake
 * Lois Waisbrooker
 * Lucy N. Colman, or Lucy N. Coleman -- see, : "Colman" appears to be the correct spelling
 * Lucy Parsons
 * Lydia Maria Child
 * Madalyn O’Hair -> Madalyn Murray O'Hair
 * Margaret Fuller
 * Margaret Knight
 * Margret Sanger -> typo for Margaret Sanger
 * Marian Noel Sherman, Marian Sherman -- see http://memorybc.ca/marian-noel-sherman-fonds;rad
 * Marilla M. Ricker, Marilla Ricker -- U.S. lawyer, born 1840: see http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/marilla-ricker, http://www.nhwba.org/about/awards/
 * Mary Wollstonecraft
 * Mathilde Amneke -> typo for Mathilde Franziska Anneke
 * Matilda Joslyn Gage
 * Meera Nanda
 * Meg Bowman -- see http://www.wws-gb.freeuk.com/meg_bowman.htm
 * Meridel le Sueur -> Meridel Le Sueur
 * Natalie Angier
 * Ophelia Benson
 * Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée)
 * Paula Kirby -- see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cSA7npAkE for extended TV appearance
 * Polly Toynbee
 * Queen Silver -- see http://www.queensilver.org/, http://www.miltontimmons.com/GodlessGirl.html
 * Rebecca Goldstein
 * Robin Morgan
 * Ruth Hurmence Green
 * Sara Paretsky
 * Sharlot Hall
 * Sheila McLean
 * Sikivu Hutchinson
 * Sonia Johnson
 * Sue-Ann Post
 * Sumitra Padmanabhan -- president, Science and Rationalists' Association of India
 * Susan B. Anthony
 * Susan Blackmore
 * Susan Jacoby
 * Tanya Levin
 * Taslima Nasrin
 * Ursula K. LeGuin
 * Vashti Cromwell McCollum -> Vashti McCollum
 * Voltairine de Cleyre
 * Wendy Kaminer
 * Zona Gale

Need further checking for sources

 * Adele Mercer
 * Jennifer Hancock -- blogger, needs cites from WP:RS
 * Maggie Miller -- numerous people of this name, not clear which one is being referred to here
 * Marlene Winell -- writer; needs cites from WP:RS
 * Molleen Matsumura -- writer; needs cites from WP:RS
 * Nica Lalli -- writer; needs cites from WP:RS
 * Susan H. Wixon -- entry in this book. She has a school named after her, but I can't find anything else after a quick Google search. She wrote The Story Hour, which Putnam describes as the "only illustrated freethinker's childrens story-book in the world".
 * Sherry Matulis -- I can find articles by her, and lots of mentions of her on the web, but I'm having difficulty in finding WP:RS about her