Maude Rooney
Irish consumers’ and women’s rights activist
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Muriel MacDonagh
Irish nationalist, and member of radical women’s nationalist group Inghinidhe na hÉireann
Marjorie Hasler
Irish suffragist
Margaret Byers
Irish educationist, suffragist, and philanthropist
Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
In 1777, after being rejected by the University of Turin, Maria Pellegrina Amoretti graduated at 21 in Iure utroque (civil and canon Law) at the University of Pavia, defending her doctoral theses.
Phoebe Cary
American poet and women’s rights activist
Dr Kate Waller Barrett
American physician, humanitarian, and social reformer
Florence Nagle
British dog breeder, horse trainer, and pioneering advocate for the rights of women in the field of animal husbandry.
Elizabeth Eyre Pellet
American actress, suffragist, and state legislator in Colorado.
Esther Roper
Irish-English women’s rights activist Esther Roper fought for equal employment and voting rights for working-class women.