Passionate about women’s rights and the cause of peace, Vroland was also a humanitarian with strong views on the treatment of Australia’s Aboriginal population; she became one of Victoria’s leading campaigners for Aboriginal rights.
American physician Mary Putnam Jacobi was the first woman to graduate from the New York College of Pharmacy, and the first woman to study medicine at the University of Paris.
English preacher, known as the Mother of the Salvation Army.
Journalist and serial writer known as Grace Greenwood
American journalist and translator of important French works.
German social reformer. At eighteen she had organized a league to aid poor school children, and after her marriage to Dr. Morgenstern she founded the Berlin Kindergarten Association, of which she was president from 1860 – 1866.
Swedish social and ethical writer
English-South African writer
American mountain climber and suffragist
American philanthropist and author known for her temperance reform, and in behalf of the advancement of women.