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List of Muslim feminists

List of Muslim feminists

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This is a list of important participants in Muslim feminism, originally sorted by surname within each period.

It may include, for instance, earlier authors who did not self-identify as feminists but have been claimed to have furthered "feminist consciousness" by a resistance of male dominance expressed in their works.

Early and mid 19th-century feminists

Born between 1801 and 1874.

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Late 19th-century and early 20th-century feminists

Born between 1875 and 1939.

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Mid to late 20th-century and notable 21st-century feminists

Born from 1940 to present

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Muslim feminist movements

See also

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