1. Queen Bey wanted to help women in need look and feel **flawless, so she founded the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at a nonproft rehab center in Brooklyn.
The vocational training program helps recovering addicts learn life skills they can use to rejoin the workforce. Beyoncé and her mom donate $100,000 each year to the school.
2. Taylor Swift has made it her mission to give her young fans the feminist education she didn't receive until well into her twenties.
During an interview on the French Canadian talk show Tout Le Monde En Parle, Swift said that if she had understood the word sooner she would have "proudly claimed" to be a feminist earlier in her life.
3. Punk singer Kathleen Hanna advocates for Planned Parenthood because, as she explained at a rally in 2011, “women dying because they can't afford a pap smear is unacceptable.”
4. Kylie Minogue isn't just the queen of the dance floor, she's also a a breast cancer survivor, and her efforts to raise awareness for the disease resulted in an uptick of preventative screenings in her home country of Australia.
It was dubbed the "Kylie Effect" by one researcher.
5. Questlove and Common joined the fight against sexual assault by participating in the Center for American Progress' #ItsOnUs campaign in 2014.
According to campaign's website, "the [#ItsOnUs] pledge is a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault. It is a promise not to be a bystander to the problem, but to be a part of the solution."
6. The Indigo Girls and Moby walked arm-in-arm in D.C. with fellow activists at the March for Women's Lives in 2004.
8. Tim McGraw has been known to fundraise for Tennessee women's shelters and told CNN in an interview that he thinks all men should be feminists.
9. Cyndi Lauper wrote an essay on women as a leading change in politics, policies, and their communities.
The essay kicks off with a description of congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's achievements and future plans in fighting against sexism and homophobia. It is part of a series entitled Women Rule, put together by Politico, Google, and the Tory Burch Foundation.
10. In 2010, Lady Gaga raised funds for Planned Parenthood by partnering with designer Jeremy Scott to help create Proper Attire Condoms, which encouraged young people to practice safe sex and "wrap it up" with stylish prophylactics.
11. This past March, Rita Wilson joined a group of other A-listers to release a letter through the ONE Campaign declaring global poverty "sexist."
The signees asserted that by empowering girls and women everywhere, extreme poverty could come to an end.
12. Macklemore took a stand against slut-shaming in an ad for the American Civil Liberties Union.
13. Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge have advocated for breast cancer survivors.
14. John Legend helped found #OperationGirl, a charity challenge dedicated to helping raise funds for women-centric charities around the world.
He teamed up with RYOT and the Burkle Global Impact Initiative to make this campaign possible.
15. In 2011, The Decemberists fundraised for Planned Parenthood's Breast Health Emergency Fund after bandmate Jenny Conlee was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The "Team Jenny" T-shirt is sold through Yellow Bird Project, a Montréal-based foundation that works with bands to create T-shirt designs that benefit an array of charities chosen by the musicians.
16. After coming out as transgender in 2012, Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace dedicated herself to advocating for the acceptance and safety of transgender people.
17. Annie Lennox spoke up for women's rights at the Women of the World Festival this past March, in London.
18. In 1997, Sarah McLachlan founded Lilith Fair, a women-centric music festival that was created in response to other, less inclusive festivals.
Its last run was in 1999, but a revival festival happened in 2010 with artists like Cat Power, Janelle Monae, Mary J. Blige, Metric, Sheryl Crow, and Tegan & Sara.
19. Missy Elliott has never shied away from talking about issues of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
She spoke frankly to MTV about the violence she witnessed and experienced as a child, encouraging other women to stay strong.
20. As a teenager, She & Him frontwoman Zooey Deschanel wrote to Vogue advocating for the inclusion of all body types.
21. In 1964, Leslie Gore recorded the feminist call to arms "You Don't Own Me" and continued to advocate for women's rights and LGBT causes until her death earlier this year.
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