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Fanny Kemble

English actress and author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

One of the great poets of England.

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist and translator of important French works.

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

Author and war-time lecturer

Mary Ashton Livermore

Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer

Frances E Willard

Frances E. Willard (1839-1898) was an American educator, suffragist and temperance reformer.

Famously referred to as “the woman who was ahead of the women who were ahead of their time,” author, activist, and lecturer Matilda Joslyn Gage worked tirelessly to advocate for abolition, women’s rights, and Native American rights.

Elizabeth Packard

After defending her sanity at trial in 1864, Packard campaigned to ensure the rights of the mentally ill as well as those of married women. She publicized the story of her hospitalization at the hands of her husband in order to prevent the abuse and neglect of others vulnerable before the law.

Lucretia Coffin Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott was an early feminist activist and strong advocate for ending slavery. A powerful orator, she dedicated her life to speaking out against racial and gender injustice.