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Clara Lambert

Militant British suffragette

Evelyn De Morgan

Evelyn De Morgan used her oil paintings to engage with the political, social and moral issues of 19th century England including prison reform and suffrage.

Mary P. Burrill was a celebrated playwright whose works inspired many prominent writers of the New Negro Movement/Harlem Renaissance. She used her plays to confront many topics, including, but not limited to, lynching, the Black experience, and bodily autonomy for women.

Katherine Gatty

Irish suffragette and socialist

Nora Stanton Barney

American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist

Clara Byrd Baker

American educator and community leader

Blanche Armwood

African-American educator, lawyer, and civil rights activist

Minnie Turner

British activist in politics and social justice, particularly women’s suffrage.

Mary Hare

Not only was she one of Britain’s first ‘police women’, she was also a pioneering teacher of deaf children, and a passionate suffragette determined to change women’s lives for the better.Hare’s vision for auditory/oral education. In her will Mary Hare wrote ‘my efforts on behalf of the Deaf have been my greatest joy in life.’