Flora Murray
British doctor and suffragette during the early 20th century
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Herabai Tata
Indian women’s rights activist and suffragist
Mithan Jamshed Lam
Indian lawyer, women’s rights activist and the first Indian woman barrister, lawyer at the Bombay High Court and Sheriff of Mumbai
Beatrice Webb
One of the four founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Mary E Garrett
American philanthropist who donated money to start the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1893 on the condition that the school would accept women students “on the same terms as men”.
Elizabeth Nicholls
Elizabeth Nicholls was a highly important figure in the campaigns in South Australia and eventually, nationally, for restriction of the sale of alcohol and the movement to extend political rights from her base in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Emma Miller
Emma Miller played a vital part in the campaign for women’s suffrage in Queensland where she was perhaps the best known of a talented group of activists.
Phoebe Hearst
American philanthropist
Harriot Stanton Blatch
American social reformer
Emily Gibson
Irish-New Zealander Emily Gibson’s life was spent working for the causes of peace and social justice.