List of Alumnae of Women's Colleges in The United States - Activists

Activists

• Marian Wright Edelman graduated from Spelman College and is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
• Betty Friedan was a 1942 graduate of Smith College, an author, and noted feminist
• Gloria Johnson-Powell is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968). She was one of the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
• Gloria Steinem is a 1956 graduate of Smith College
• Silda Wall Spitzer is a 1980 graduate of Meredith College and is founder and chair of the board of Children for Children that promotes hands-on youth volunteering and giving programs which teach and instill the value of community involvement and civic engagement in children from all backgrounds, beginning at a young age.