SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lucy Burns

1879 - 1966

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Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was a passionate activist in the United States and the United Kingdom, who joined the militant suffragettes. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Lucy Burns is the 645th most popular social activist (down from 641st in 2024), the 11,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,439th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lucy Burns ranks 645 out of 840. Before her are Lillian Wald, Wu'erkaixi, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Frank Kameny, Ingrid Newkirk, and Elizaveta Glinka. After her are Charlotte Despard, Jan Egeland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Karen Silkwood, Ryan White, and Mukhtar Mai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Lucy Burns ranks 258. Before her are Benjamin Bradshaw, Sid Grauman, Edward Dillon, Elmer McCollum, Albert Ireton, and Gerald Logan. After her are James Branch Cabell, Wesley Coe, Coenraad Hiebendaal, Vachel Lindsay, Terence MacSwiney, and Harry A. Pollard. Among people deceased in 1966, Lucy Burns ranks 224. Before her are Alvin Langdon Coburn, Heinrich Keimig, Bruno Ahlberg, Sophie Tucker, Walt Hansgen, and Esna Boyd. After her are Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Ethel Clayton, Francis X. Bushman, Louis A. Johnson, Bimal Roy, and Carmelita Geraghty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucy Burns ranks 11,839 out of 20,380. Before her are Ed Flanders (1934), Jeff Teague (1988), and Don Stark (1954). After her are Ivan Moody (1980), Betty Thomas (1948), Wilbur Thompson (1921), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), Mike Gravel (1930), Fabiano Caruana (1992), William Gibbs McAdoo (1863), Margaret Livingston (1895), and Summer Phoenix (1978).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lucy Burns ranks 105. Before her are Angelina Grimké (1805), Jake Angeli (1988), Curtis Yarvin (1973), Alva Belmont (1853), Lillian Wald (1867), and Frank Kameny (1925). After her are Karen Silkwood (1946), Ryan White (1971), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Phoebe Hearst (1842), and Mario Savio (1942).

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