Women · By cause
A collection · 6 women · 2 countries

African women who fought for political freedom

6 women in the archive worked for political freedom. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it.

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Three women to meet first

Portrait of Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt
Modern · Egypt · 1931–2021Nawal El SaadawiEgyptian feminist writer, psychiatrist, and activist who spent five decades fighting patriarchy, religious…
Portrait of Asmaa Mahfouz, EgyptContemporary
Asmaa MahfouzEgypt · 1985–present
Portrait of Doria Shafik, EgyptIndependence
Doria ShafikEgypt · 1908–1975
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Adelaide Tambo South Africa · 1929–2007
Portrait of Asmaa Mahfouz
Asmaa Mahfouz Egypt · 1985–present
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Portrait of Doria Shafik
Doria Shafik Egypt · 1908–1975
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Portrait of Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer South Africa · 1923–2014
Portrait of Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi Egypt · 1931–2021
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Victoria Mxenge South Africa · 1942–1985
Other causes
Women's rights48 women Education32 women Women's leadership31 women Human rights19 women Political leadership17 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women