Historical clue formulations

• Activist who said "From the time I was a child, I tried to protest against disrespectful treatment" — 2025-01-24
• Activist known as "the mother of the freedom movement" — 2023-03-30
• Activist who said "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right" — 2023-03-18
• She took a seat to take a stand — 2020-09-04
• Activist who'd make a good valet? — 2019-10-22
• She wouldn't take an affront sitting down — 2015-02-21
• Onetime boycott instigator — 2011-11-18