Maud Reeves
New Zealand suffragist and social reformer
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Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain
New Zealand activist and writer
Beatrice Dixon
Irish pioneer of women’s participation in public life
Margaret Dockrell
Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor
Emily White
Emily White made a significant contribution to community and horticultural life in New Zealand, and was her adopted country’s first woman gardening author of note.
Otelia Maria Carrington Cunningham
Otelia was an American suffrage leader during a time when the women’s suffrage movement had decided to focus on supporting the war effort.
Charlotte Despard
Irish suffragist, nationalist, socialist, and writer
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.