Charlotte Despard
Irish suffragist, nationalist, socialist, and writer
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Susanne Day
Irish writer and suffragist
Kate Sheppard
New Zealand suffragist
Jessie Mackay
Jessie Mackay’s crusading spirit informed her poetry, and her poetry is a record of all the causes she held dear.
Mary Emma Woolley
American educator
Rose Scott
Rose Scott was one of the founders of the Women’s Literary Society and the Womanhood Suffrage League and a foundation member of National Council of Women of New South Wales. She was the first president of the Women’s Political Educational League.
Catherine Helen Spence
In 1901 she established a women’s collective clothing factory and was appointed the chair of its board. She continued her work for electoral reform and moved the resolution that brought the South Australian National Council of Women into existence, although she found the organisation too cautious and resigned from the executive in 1906.
Jessie Williamson
New Zealand feminist activist
May Furey
New Zealand suffragist
Meg Connery
Irish suffragist