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 [1], [2]
• Ella E. Gibson, Ella Elvira Gibson, see [3]
• 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 [4] and [5].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 [6]
• 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 [7], [8]: "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 [9], [10]
• Dora Russell
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Ella E. Gibson, Ella Elvira Gibson, see [11]
• 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 [12] and [13].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 [14]
• 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 [15], [16]: "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