This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals. Suffragists and suffragettes, often members of different groups and societies, used or use differing tactics. Australians called themselves "suffragists" during the nineteenth century while the term "suffragette" was adopted in the earlier twentieth century by some British groups after it was coined as a dismissive term in a newspaper article. "Suffragette" in the British or Australian usage can sometimes denote a more "militant" type of campaigner, while suffragists in the United States organized such nonviolent events as the Suffrage Hikes, the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913, the Silent Sentinels, and the Selma to Montgomery march. US and Australian activists most often preferred to be called suffragists, though both terms were occasionally used.

Africa Egypt Regina Khayatt (1881–?) – educator, philanthropist, feminist, suffragist, and temperance worker; co-founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) Saiza Nabarawi (1897–1985) – journalist and attendee of the 9th Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Doria Shafik (1908–1975) – feminist, poet and editor who went on an eight-day hunger strike at Egypt's press syndicate in protest of the creation of a constitutional committee without any women Huda Sha'arawi (1879–1947) – feminist, activist, nationalist, revolutionary, co-founder of the EFU

Kenya

Isabel Abraham Ross (1885–1964) – suffragist and campaigner with the East Africa Women's League (EAWL)

Nigeria Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900–1978) – educator and activist who fought for women's enfranchisement and political representation Gambo Sawaba (1933–2001) - widely regarded as the pioneer of fighting for the liberation of northern women Tanimowo Ogunlesi - co-founder of the National Council of Women's Societies Wuraola Esan (1909–1985) - educator and advocate for women in traditional and legislative spaces

South Africa Annie Botha (1864–1937) – political hostess, wife of the first Prime Minister of South Africa and suffragist, co-founder of the South African Women's Federation Zainunnisa Gool (1897–1963) – lawyer and civil rights activist, and after white women only were granted the vote in 1930, founder of the League for the Enfranchisement of Non-European Women in 1938 Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975) – campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1920s and the first Afrikaner woman to qualify as a medical doctor Mary Emma Macintosh (died 1916) – suffragist and the first President of the Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union Mabel Malherbe (1879–1964) – suffragist and politician, first woman mayor of Pretoria and first woman to be a member of the South African Parliament Charlotte Maxeke (1871–1939) – religious leader, suffragist and the first black South African woman to graduate from a university, founded the Bantu Women’s League Jessie Rose-Innes (1860–1943) – nurse, social campaigner and suffragist of British descent, elected chair of the Cape Town branch of the National Council for Women Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) – writer, suffragist and co-founder of the Cape Women's Enfranchisement League, left the Women's Enfranchisement League (WEL) when they refused to support the vote for black African women Jessie M. Soga (1870–1954) – singer, music teacher and suffragist Julia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African feminist, temperance activist and suffragist who co-founded Cape Women's Enfranchisement League and helped acquire the vote for white women only in 1930 Daisy Solomon (1882–1978) – suffragist who campaigned in South Africa and Britain, daughter of Georgiana Solomon Emilie Solomon (1859–1939) – suffragist and president of the Cape Woman's Christian Temperance Union, niece of Georgiana Solomon Georgiana Solomon (1844–1933) – Scottish-born educator and suffragist, co-founder of the South African Women's Federation Lady Barbara Steel (1857–1943) – suffragist and member of the Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union, helped acquire the vote for white women only in 1930

Asia

China Lin Zongsu (Chinese: 林宗素; 1878–1944) – journalist and founder of the first organization in China seeking women's enfranchisement, the Women's Suffrage Comrades Alliance (Chinese: 女子参政同志会) Tang Qunying (Chinese: 唐群英; 1871–1937) – co-founder and chairwoman of the Women's Suffrage Alliance (Chinese: 女子参政同盟会) and founder of Women’s Rights Daily, Hunan's first newspaper for women Wang Changguo (Chinese: 王昌國; 1880–1949) – co-founder of the Women's Suffrage Alliance (Chinese: 女子参政同盟会) and promoter of Hunan Changsha Women's National Association Zhang Hanying (Chinese: 張漢英; 1872–1915) – co-founder of the Women's Suffrage Alliance (Chinese: 女子参政同盟会) Zhang Mojun (Chinese: 張默君; 1884–1965) – military commander, suffragist, and the first female member of the Kuomintang Central Committee

India Kumudini Basu (1873–1942) – social reformer, freedom fighter and suffragist, one of the leaders of the Nigil Bangiya Nari Votadhikar Samiti (All Bengali Women's Franchise Association) which fought for women's suffrage Annie Besant (1847–1933) – British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, philanthropist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903–1988) – secretary of the All-India Women's Conference (AIWC) and the first woman to run for a legislative seat in India Margaret "Gretta" Cousins (1878–1954) – Irish-Indian suffragist, founder of the All India Women's Conference and co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League Amrit Kaur (1887–1964) – political activist and politician who testified before the Lothian Committee on universal Indian franchise and constitutional reforms Sheroo Keeka (1921–2006) – campaigned for 'Votes for Married Women' and chair of the Dodoma branch of the Tanganyika Council of Women Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) – political activist and poet who became the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress Bhagwati Bhola Nauth (born c. 1882) – suffragist, marcher at the Women's Coronation Procession and honorary secretary of the Indian Women’s Educational Fund Lakshmibai Rajwade (1887–1984) – medical doctor, family planning advocate and committee member and secretary of the All India Women's Conference Hannah Sen (1894–1957) – politician and co-founder of the Indo-British Mutual Welfare League, a women's organization that established a network of British and Indian suffragists also involved in educational projects Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh (1869=1957) - suffragette, Indian independence activist Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh (1871–1942) – activist Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh (1876-1948) - suffragette, leading member of the Women's Tax Resistance League, Indian independence activist Herabai Tata (1879–1941) – argued before British government commissions that suffrage should be extended in India

Indonesia Thung Sin Nio (1902–1996) – women's rights activist, physician, economist, politician

Iran Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (1858/59–1921) – Iranian writer, satirist, founder of the first school for girls in the modern history of Iran and a pioneering figure in the women's movement of Iran Annie Basil (1911–1995) – Iranian-Indian activist for Armenian women Táhirih (1817–1852) – also known as Fatimah Baraghani, renowned poet, removed her veil in public, "first woman suffrage martyr"

Iraq Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923-2007), co-founder and the first president of the Iraqi Women's League Paulina Hassoun (1895–1969) was an Iraqi journalist and teacher, who was the first woman to found and publish a magazine in Iraq.

Japan Raicho Hiratsuka (1886–1971) co-founder of the New Women's Association Fusae Ichikawa (1893–1981) – politician who founded the nation's first women's suffrage organization: the Women's Suffrage League of Japan, president of the New Japan Women's League Oku Mumeo (1895–1997) – co-founder of the New Women's Association who later served three terms in Japan's Imperial Diet Tsuneko Akamatsu (1897 - 1965) - politician, member of the National district of the House of Councillors. Shigeri Yamataka (1899–1977) – founder of the League for the Defense of Women's Rights and the Women's Suffrage League Shidzue Katō (1897–2001) – politician Chizuko Ueno (1947 -)

Jordan Emily Bisharat (died 2004) – first female lawyer in Jordan, fought for women's suffrage

Kuwait Lulwah Al-Qatami (born 1933) – suffragist and educator, nominated for the Nobel prize

Lebanon Emily Fares Ibrahim (1914–2011) was an American-born Lebanese writer, poet, and feminist. She was the first woman to run for the elections in Lebanon after suffrage in 1952.

Philippines Josefa Llanes Escoda (1898–1945) – civic leader, suffragist and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines who was memorialized on the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote Concepción Felix (1884–1967) – feminist and human rights activist Pura Villanueva Kalaw (1886–1954) – beauty queen, feminist, journalist, and writer Pilar Hidalgo-Lim (1893–1973) – educator and civic leader Natividad Almeda Lopez (1892–1977) – suffragist and the first female lawyer in the Philippines Josefa Jara Martinez (1894–1987) – social worker, suffragist and civic leader Geronima Pecson (1896–1989) – suffragist, educator and social worker who became the first woman senator of the Philippines in 1947 Rosa Sevilla (1879–1954) – activist, educator, and journalist

Sri Lanka

Drummond Shiels (1881–1953) – Scottish-born politician who supported the founding of the Women’s Franchise Union of Ceylon Mary Rutnam – Canadian-born doctor, gynaecologist, and suffragist who emigrated and became a member of the Women’s Franchise Union of Sri Lanka and a co-founder of the All-Ceylon Women's Conference Agnes de Silva (1885–1961) – secretary of the Women's Franchise Union of Ceylon then founder of the Women's Franchise Union of Sri Lanka

Syria

Thuraya Al-Hafez (1911–2000) – suffragist and politician who campaigned against the niqab and founded women's organisations

Turkey

Latife Bekir (1901–1952) – suffragist and president of the Turkish Women's Union Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958) – suffragist and founder of the Turkish Women's People Party, which demanded suffrage for women, and the Turkish Women's Union

Yishuv Rosa Welt-Straus (1856–1938) – suffragist and feminist

Australia and Oceania

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New Zealand

Europe

Albania

Shaqe Çoba (1875–1954) – suffragist and publisher of a magazine that covered women's issues Parashqevi Qiriazi (1880–1970) – suffragist, teacher and founder of Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association Sevasti Qiriazi (1871–1949) – Albanian patriot, suffragist, pioneer of female education and founder of Korça Girls School Urani Rumbo (1895–1936) – suffragist, teacher, playwright and founder of Lidhja e Gruas (Woman's Union)

Andorra

Angelina Mas Joaniquet (1947–2026) – suffragist and businesswoman

Austria Marianne Hainisch (1839–1936) – founder and leader of the Austrian women's movement, mother of first President of Austria Ernestine von Fürth, (1877–1946) – co-founder of the New Viennese Women's Club, chairwoman of the Austrian Women's Suffrage Committee Friederike Mekler von Traunweis Zeileis (née Mautner von Markhof, 1872–1954) – founding member of the IWSA Rosa Welt-Straus (1856–1938) – first Austrian woman to earn a medical degree; representative to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance

Belgium Jane Brigode (1870–1952) – politician, member of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Léonie de Waha (1836–1926) – Belgian feminist, philanthropist, educator and Walloon activist