Before becoming involved in policing, she was a talented student at the London Academy of Music, a respected mountaineer and a fearless campaigner for animal rights and the anti-vivisection movement. In 1906 she was secretary of the International Animal Protection Societies and was awarded medals by Finland and Denmark for her outstanding contribution to animal welfare.
English allotment activist
Businesswoman, philanthropist and Hebrew scholar
Polish social and national activist during the November Uprising (1830–1831)
Cuban philanthropist
Director of the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War, and President of the Women’s Institute from 1917 – 1946.
Celebrated Irish beauty and courtesan
Baranamtarra was an ancient Mesopotamia businesswoman.
Sarah Bache, the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin, was a leader in relief work during the American Revolutionary War and frequently served as her father’s political hostess.
Uruguayan philanthropist and benefactor, first lady of Uruguay in 1830 to 1834 and from 1838 to 1843