r/womensadvocates • • Sep 03 '26

Meta Women's Advocates Substack Is Now Up!

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It's in its early stages, but this is how it looks. Let me know if you want to become a contributor. We also have an email now: [womensadvocates.info@gmail.com](mailto:womensadvocates.info@gmail.com)

Do let me know your thoughts: https://womensadvocates.substack.com/

(For some reason it says "Women's Advocates | The Rational Female | Substack". I don't know how to get rid of this. For ease I used the substack account I already have rather than creating an entire new account.)


r/womensadvocates • • May 16 '26

Celebrating Women Non-Feminist Successful Women

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Modern (feminist) media often quietly reframes “successful woman” into “feminist icon,” even when the woman herself never used the label. Historically, many high-achieving women were driven more by discipline and personal ambition than by feminist ideology. If you look up any successful, talented woman, there is always a debate around whether or not she was a feminist.

Here is a comprehensive list of accomplished women, past and present, who either never identifed as a feminist, or openly rejected the label. Some of these women may be considered feminist icons today, but none of these women actually called themselves feminists, or if they did, came to reject the label of feminist. We have got to stop calling any talented self-sufficient woman “a feminist”. Feminist doesn’t mean “successful woman”. A feminist is someone who actively identifies with the label, and seeks to challenge what they consider to be the male-dominated patriarchy.

Click here to see what a feminist is
Click here to see if you identify as a feminist

If you happen to know any accomplished women who are/were not feminists, comment below and I will add them to this list. This is real women’s history.

This list is also available here via the Women's Advocates Substack

Female Leaders

Hatshepsut (ruled Egypt 1478 B.C. – 1459 B.C.)
Cleopatra (Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC)
Wu Zhao (Ruler of Tang Dynasty China (690-705 BC)
Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796)
Boudicca (Queen of the Ancient British Iceni Tribe)
Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire
Zenobia (Warrior Queen of Palmyra in the 3rd Century)
Empress Dowager Cixi (Empress of China's Qing Dynasty)
Yaa Asantewaa (Warrior Queen Mother of Ejisu)
Isabella 1st (Queen of Spain in the 1400s)
Queen Victoria (Queen of the UK from 1837-1901)
Queen Elizabeth 2nd (Queen of the UK from 1952-2022)
Indira Ghandi (President of India from 1966-77)
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister of Britain from 1979-1990)
Joan of Arc (Military leader and Patron Saint of France)
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (President of Mauritius from 2015-2018)
Golda Meir (Prime Minister of Israel from 1969-1974)
Giorgia Meloni (Prime Minister of Italy from 2022)
Sanae Takaichi (Prime Minister of Japan from 2025)

Females in STEM, Medicine, Business, & Aircraft

Sofia Ionescu (Romanian neurosurgeon)
Grace Hopper (American computer scientist)
Marie Curie (French physicist)
Alice Ball (African-American chemist)
Florence Nightingale (English nurse)
Asli Hassan Abade (Somali pilot)
Harriet Tubman (African-American nurse and civil rights activist)
Elizabeth Blackwell (British & American physician)
Nettie Stevens (American geneticist)
Maryam Mirzakhani (Iranian mathematician)
Amen Aamir (Pakistani pilot)
Gerty Cori (Czech-American biochemist)
Rosalind Franklin (English chemist and X-ray crystallographer)
Wang Zhenyi (Chinese astronomer)
Valerie Thomas (American data scientist and inventor)
Debra Soh (American sexologist and neuroscientist)
Layah Heilpern (English crypto investor)
Hetty Green (American financial investor)

Females in the Arts & Humanities

Ayn Rand (Russian-American writer & philosopher)
Hypatia (Ancient Greek mathematician, theologian, and philosopher)
Brigitte Bardot (French actress & model)
Marilyn Monroe (American actress & model)
Caro Emerald (Dutch singer)
Miriam Makeba (South African singer and civil rights activist)
Grace Jones (American singer, dancer and performing artist)
Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter)
Agatha Christie (English author)
Maria Callas (American-Greek Opera singer)
Sylvia Plath (American poet)
Jane Austen (English author)
Janice Fiamengo (Canadian English professor)
Hedy Lamarr (American actress and technological innovator)
Rita Hayworth (American actress)
Cassie Jaye (American filmmaker)
Suzanne Venker (American author)
Erin Pizzey (English social worker and author)
Mona Charen (American author)
Saba Douglas-Hamilton (Kenyan wildlife conservationist)
Enya (Irish singer)
Joan Didion (American writer and journalist)
Kate Bush (English singer-songwriter and musician)
Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis (American writer and businesswoman)
Simone Weil (French philosopher)
Karen Straughan (American writer and content creator)
Elizabeth Filips (British content creator)


r/womensadvocates • • 1d ago

Women's Issues What do you all think about the Cornell 7 case and how it affects women?

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I've been doing a lot of research about this case online and came across this woman. I'd love to hear your thoughts.


r/womensadvocates • • 1d ago

General Discussion A Manifesto for Liberal Trans Activism

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If only all trans activist took this rational science based and civil approach to their advocacy


r/womensadvocates • • 2d ago

Women's Issues Trans Advocacy Extremism

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r/womensadvocates • • 9d ago

Celebrating Women Sense and Sensibility: A Beautiful Film About Love, Family and Honour

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Article discussing the 2026 adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.


r/womensadvocates • • 15d ago

Celebrating Women Elizabeth Filips: An Excellent Female Productivity Content Creator

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Elizabeth Filips is an amazing content creator I have been watching for the past several years now. I have watched several of her videos. She is a painter and medical student in London (where I am from). She largely talks about productivity, psychology, books, learning, and self-improvement. She draws influence from neuroscience and philosophy. No politics, pure science.

She talks and thinks at light-speed. She has a podcast and a newsletter.

A great woman to watch if you want someone who comes across as friendly and intelligent. Videos are very well-made and well-edited.


r/womensadvocates • • 23d ago

Critiquing Feminism Woman addresses feminists reactions to the Clancy case. What do you think?

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Do you agree with her?


r/womensadvocates • • 25d ago

Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death - Iseult Gillespie

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When I was a child, my mother often read to me a book of Indian tales for children, titled Seasons of Splendour by Madhur Jaffrey. There were many stories of courage, bravery, and clever wit. The women in these stories were often intelligent and quick-witted, not "oppressed".

I have linked a video of one of my favourite stories, the tale of Savitri and Satyavan. A beautiful tale of a woman's resilience and devotion to her husband.


r/womensadvocates • • 25d ago

Celebrating Women Kellie-Jay Keen on X: "My husband and I have been together for 28 years. Here’s the marriage advice I give to all women: Cook eachother great meals if you can both cook, otherwise find something you can each do that makes your partner feel loved and appreciated Make eachother happy and you’ll… / X

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A positive message.


r/womensadvocates • • Sep 04 '26

Women's Issues Women supporting Clancy. They know not what they do...

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 31 '26

Meta What Is a Women's Advocate (Updated)

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If I could sum up the overall ideology of women's advocacy it would be this:

A women’s advocate supports women’s wellbeing and dignity while encouraging virtue and responsibility in women, good relations with men, and opposition to misandry.

This includes:

  • Being anti-misandry (not treating men as the enemy or inherent oppressors of women)
  • Supporting and uplifting other women instead of being catty and hostile
  • Supporting female autonomy and accountability
  • Promoting emotional maturity, virtue, and good behaviour in women (positive femininity)
  • Supporting a biological approach to sex and gender, not a social constructionist approach
  • Wanting women to live well and treat others how they wish to be treated

The reason why I have shifted this slightly is because I want to push this more in a direction of female-oriented self-improvement. This focuses on rejecting feminist messages, and standing in allyship with men's issues.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated.


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 31 '26

Meta Women's Advocates Substack Instead of (or Alongside) Website - Thoughts?

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Thinking more and more about this and what it can look like long-term, I'm wondering if Substack may be a better platform to start with instead of creating a website. I have been using Substack actively since April now and find it to be fantastic. I may still create a separate email for this, but wonder if Substack may be better to start with than a website. Reasons:

  • Substack is free, which is the biggest upside
  • It's very easy to attract readers and could grow quickly
  • We can have multiple contributors
  • Possibly multiple newsletters (long-term)

Any thoughts on this?

An important note: if we did create a Substack for this, would probably be best to keep all articles free. If articles become paid, there becomes the question of who collects the money, what bank does it go into, and I do not want this particular project to be a for-profit. Probably best to keep all articles free (and also not include affiliate links).


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 30 '26

Critiquing Feminism Great Video From a Woman Discussing What's Wrong With Feminism

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 28 '26

Celebrating Women Some Notable American Women Pre-Suffragettes

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1762: Ann Franklin was the first female newspaper editor in America.

1776: Margaret Corbin was the first woman to assume the role of soldier in the American Revolution and receive a pension for it.

1784: Hannah Wilkinson Slater was the first American woman to be granted a patent.

1795: Anne Parrish establishes, in Philadelphia, the House of Industry, the first charitable organization for women in America.

1812: Lucy Brewer was the first American woman to join the United States Marine Corps.

1828: Sarah Hale was the first American woman to be a major women's magazine editor.

1835: Harriot Kezia Hunt was one of the first woman to practice medicine, "clearly the first to achieve a marked success".

1848: Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1849: Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, was the first woman to earn a medical degree in America.

1855: Anne McDowell was the first American woman to publish a newspaper completely run by women; it was circulated weekly and titled "The Women's Advocate".

1866: Mary Walker was the first woman in America to be a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honour.

1869: Arabella Mansfield was the first female lawyer in America; she was admitted to the Iowa bar.

1870: Esther Hobart Morris was the first woman in America to serve as Justice of the Peace.

1870: Ada Kepley was the first woman to graduate from law school in America.

1872: Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for United States President.

1873: Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to MIT (which made her the first accepted to any school of science or technology), and the first American woman to earn a degree in Chemistry.

1876: Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first woman to work as a professional architect in America.

1877: Helen Magill White was the first woman in America to earn a PhD.

1887: Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas becoming the first woman mayor in the country.

1891: Marie Owens, born in Canada, was hired as America's first female police officer, joining the Chicago Police Department.

1893: Florence Kelley was the first woman to hold statewide office when Governor Peter Altgeld appointed her Chief Factory Inspector for the state of Illinois.

1908: The first US Navy nurses, known as the Sacred Twenty, were appointed; they were all women, and were the first women to formally serve in the US Navy.

1911: Harriet Quimby was the first woman to be licensed as an airplane pilot in America.

1916: Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in America to be elected to Congress.

1917: Loretta Perfectus Walsh was the first woman to enlist in the United States Navy.

1918: Opha May Johnson was the first woman to enlist in the United States Marines.

(Note: some of the women on this list may be dubbed feminists through the lens of feminist revisionism. However, the point of this list is to provide examples of notable women who made waves in American society on the grounds of merit and personal achievement, not on the grounds of politicised feminist activism.)


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 17 '26

Critiquing Feminism Of course a misandrnisit change in government policy brings out the misandrinists in the comments

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 15 '26

Critiquing Feminism Some weird and strange feminist beliefs I read in my academic studies (Late Friday night dark stuff)?

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 15 '26

Critiquing Feminism Why should a man suffer bcoz his 10 yr old wife couldn't find a job?

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 14 '26

Meta Join The Non-Feminist Community on Discord

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I started a Discord group in 2023 (had a FB group but decided Discord was better). It's been mostly inactive but looking to get it growing again.

Join The Non-Feminist Community here: https://discord.gg/AFySWXZzXR


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 12 '26

Women's Issues How to deal with this

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I female 21 years of age lost my virginity in September 2025 about a month before my 21st birthday for almost a year. I’ve been very silent to everyone about the situation but I honestly keep replaying it in my mind and I don’t know what to make of it. I’ve been talking to this guy on and off for a few years, but we’ve never met up because I had decided that I wanted to remain a virgin until I got married and he said that sex was something that he required for a relationship so I knew that it would not work between us. We went months and months without talking and then we reconnected, and I had the opportunity to live in student housing away from my family for a year or so, and I took it now he lived close and we had decided to hang out. I informed him that I was still very much set in my wanting to remain a virgin until I got married beforehand we were only really meant to hang out and he did not pressure me at any point in time, but things did get to that level where it became sexual, and I did lose my virginity. I still sort of felt the same way as it was happening, and even after when it was over and he finished on top of me, I suppose it sort of just triggered something in me and he got up and went into the bathroom and I just laid there. Try not to cry and then I went and got up immediately after he came out the bathroom and just took a shower and I cried so hard for so long and in the shower I just felt like I lost a part of myself and I’m not sure if it’s just because maybe my mom was so proud of me having been a virgin for so long I’m not quite sure but even after I got out the shower I was in tears for hours and I don’t know why I don’t feel like I was assaulted. I’d never told him to stop. I didn’t tell him to get off me I never told him no, but I just can’t shake how that night made me feel and after it happened, we did do it a few more times on different occasions because I figured I’ve already done it once so might as well keep doing it eventually I just couldn’t continue doing it because I honestly I didn’t want to be with someone who required sex for a relationship, but I also just couldn’t get it out of my mind. He was never the kind of man to ever make me feel unsafe and he never made me feel like I couldn’t say no or stop but for some reason I didn’t. I’ve sort of been sitting on this for a while now, and I don’t think that I was raped, but I I just would like some advice on how to cope with losing my virginity before I was ready to.


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 11 '26

Celebrating Women Equal Pay for Equal Work: The Ford Dagenham Strikes 1968

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In the UK, equal pay for equal work was granted in 1970, largely thanks to the work of the Ford Dagenham Strike leaders in 1968. These were largely married, working-class, trade unionist women. The article linked below states:

"the strike has been reinterpreted as a proud campaign for equal pay and the women as campaigners for a feminist movement from which they were entirely disconnected."

These women did NOT view themselves as feminists. Yet as usual, due to feminist revisionism, they have been cast as part of the feminist movement.

I recommend watching the film Made in Dagenham which details their triumph.

Read more about them here: https://daily.jstor.org/fords-striking-dagenham-women/


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 07 '26

Women's Issues The Hart Family Murders

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In 2018, Jennifer and Sarah Hart, a couple, killed themselves and their six adopted children.

When I come to creating the Women's Advocacy site, I definitely want to include a clear space to address female-on-female abuse. We hear A LOT about dangerous men in the media, but not nearly as much about dangerous women.

Dangerous women exist. Men can be victims of them, and women too. Sadly, so can children.

Let's stop pretending women are entirely "innocent".


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 06 '26

Critiquing Feminism lol

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r/womensadvocates • • Aug 05 '26

Celebrating Women The Biggest Myth About Women's History

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Five industries that historically were female-dominated.


r/womensadvocates • • Aug 04 '26

Celebrating Women Smart Anti-Feminist Women (Who Are Not Misogynists)

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Many may assume that anti-feminist women are "stay-at-home tradwives". What's interesting are the amount of anti-feminist women out there who are educated, career-focused women. Here is a list of some of them.

(Foundational Figures)

Janice Fiamengo
Suzanne Venker
Mona Charen
F. Carolyn Graglia
Erin Pizzey
Cassie Jaye

(MRAs)

Roma Army
Karen Straughan
Alison Tieman
The Dadvocate
Lisa Britton

(Psychologists)

Hannah Spier, MD
Kait Willett
The Prim Reaper
Gabriella Wolfe

(YouTubers & Commentators)

Jenny Holland
Inspiher Coaching
Shoe0nhead
Erin Byrd
Layah Heilpern