Raquel Welch

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Summary

Raquel Welch was an actor known for One Million Years B.C., Fantastic Voyage, Kansas City Bomber, and The Three Musketeers. She often spoke about the limits of her sex-symbol image and, in her book Beyond the Cleavage, criticized mainstream feminism for excluding women who did not fit its criteria. After winning her contract lawsuit against MGM, she urged women in and outside Hollywood to stand up for their rights. No public statements on DEI, party politics, or broader identity-based activism are on record.