Louie Bennett
Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and peace activist
Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and peace activist
On 18 May 1893 the Speaker of the lower house of the Kotahitanga parliament introduced a motion from Meri Mangakāhia, requesting that women be given the right to participate in the selection of members. It was suggested that she come into the house to explain her motion, and later that day she addressed the parliament – the first woman recorded to have done so. She requested not only that Māori women be given the vote, but that they be eligible to sit in the Māori parliament
Young was the first woman president of the National Education Association, and also identified herself prominently with the woman’s suffrage movement.
Irish suffragist and writer
Irish trade unionist, suffragist, and social campaigner
American writer whose 1825 novel, “The Rebels, a Tale of the Revolution,” was very popular.
Irish feminist, journalist, anti-vivisectionist, and philanthropist
Irish trade unionist and suffragist
Irish medical doctor and suffragist
American educator, the first woman to receive such a doctorate at a European university, president of Bryn Mawr College.