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:
Currently pending, as of May 2012
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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