Hermila Galindo
Hermila Galindo edited the feminist journal Mujer Moderna.
Hermila Galindo edited the feminist journal Mujer Moderna.
British-Australian suffrage campaigner and engineer
1800s American physician, suffragist and lecturer who also played an important role in the civic life of Boston.
Susan Fessenden (1840-1932) was a reformer and president of the Massachusetts WCTU, advocating for temperance, women’s suffrage, and assistance to the poor.
The first woman Democrat elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature. Having worked actively in the statewide suffrage campaign, she was elected in 1922 and served one term.
Suffragist and inventor who took over management of Clifton Manufacturing Company when her brother died
The first woman member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and suffragist
Started out to be an engineer but spent most of her life campaigning for women’s rights.
Mary Morton Kehew led the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union from 1892 until her death in 1919.
Mary Jane Safford (1834-1891), known as the “Cairo Angel,” was a nurse during the Civil War and later a physician and advocate for women’s health and suffrage. She taught at the Boston University School of Medicine.