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Meryl Streep has been making headlines for decades. Oftentimes, they’re about her work: her many, many awards and nominations, her celebrated performances, her unparalleled career. But they’ve also come from her activism. So when Streep’s Golden Globe acceptance speech on Sunday became a politically charged moment, it shouldn’t come as a surprise — she’s long proved herself to be anything but silent when it comes to politics.

1. Her Golden Globes speech.

Accepting the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at the 2017 Golden Globes, Streep took her time on stage not to discuss her career, or her favorite roles,...

Speaking at an outdoor panel at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday afternoon, following a screening of her new film, Suffragette, Meryl Streep stressed the continuing importance of passing an Equal Rights Amendment, urged Pope Francis to tackle inequality, and said she had written personally to every member of Congress on the issue of women's rights — and received almost no replies. "I sent them each a book called Equal Means Equal by Jessica Neuwirth. It's about the revival of the attempt to get an Era that would codify in law that you can't discriminate against women," she said.

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Meryl Streep is getting political. The Oscar winner, general bad ass, etc. has penned a letter to each member of Congress urging them to add the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees parity for women under the law, into the U.S. Constitution. Although she will be taking on a political role in the upcoming movie, Suffragette, Streep is becoming a real-life activist for the sake of women's equality. Streep, who just turned 66, urged members of Congress to fight for feminism. The packet she sent each member also included a copy of Equal Means Equal, a book written by Jessica Neuwirth that campaigns to include the amendment, according to The Guardian. "I am writing to ask you to stand up for equality...