Laura Smith Haviland
Pivotal figure in the American abolitionist movement.
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Emily Wilding Davison
English suffragette
Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
Belgian educationalist, feminist, and politician.
Ella M S Marble
American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.
Edith Pechey
Pioneering figure in the early history of women in medicine in the United Kingdom who made significant contributions to the advancement of women’s rights and played a crucial role in the struggle for women’s access to medical education.
Emilia Dilke
British author, art historian, feminist, and trade unionist.
Katharine Dexter McCormick
Trailblazing U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and visionary. Her groundbreaking contributions paved the way for the development of the first birth control pill.
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor, and advocate for women’s rights; the first scientist to propose the idea of the greenhouse effect.
Bertha Lutz
Notable Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat and played a key role in the Pan-American feminist and human rights movements. Her efforts were crucial in achieving women’s suffrage in Brazil.
Jeannette Rankin
In 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana.