Ms. Magazine's Top Feminists of 2024
(please read on for the amazing women who are being recognized)
Ms. Magazine’s Top Feminists of 2024
PUBLISHED 12/28/2024 by Ms. Editors
From top athletes, to community activists, to badass lawmakers, here are our 25 picks for the top U.S. feminists of 2024, and two of thttps://msmagazine.com/2024/12/28/ms-magazine-top-feminists-2024/he best things they did or said. (Scroll to the bottom for our feminists in memoriam.)
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the 2024 Tribal Nations Summit at the Interior Department on Dec. 9, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
As the 49th U.S. vice president, Kamala Harris made history as the first woman, the first Black American and the first South Asian American to fill the position. Her 2024 presidential campaign marked significant gains for women in politics, amplifying hope that women will one day hold the highest political office in the U.S.
In March, VP Harris visited a Minnesota abortion clinic during her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, making her the first U.S. sitting president or vice president to visit an abortion provider.
“I will often say that when we fight, we win. But here’s the thing: Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win.”
—Harris in her concession speech, emphasizing the promise of America after a 107-day campaign that challenged traditional norms of political leadership.
The 27 women who sued the state of Texas for its abortion ban in Zurawski v. Texas
Samantha Casiano during a press conference outside the Travis County Courthouse on July 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas. She is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Texas women denied abortions despite serious pregnancy complications. (Suzanne Cordeiro / AFP via Getty Images)
Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, 27 women sued the state of Texas, asking for the state to clarify “medical emergency” exceptions under its abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in this case on May 31, 2024, refusing to clarify the exceptions to the state’s abortion bans. Still, it was a ground-breaking lawsuit and the first brought on behalf of women denied abortions since the fall of Roe.
“The people in the building behind me have the power to fix this, yet they’ve done nothing. … So it’s not just for me, and for our Willow, that I stand here before you today—it’s for every pregnant person, and for everyone who knows and loves a pregnant person.”
—Amanda Zurawski, the named plaintiff in the suit
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