Beatrice Serota
British politician and social reformer
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Caroline Townshend
British stained glass artist and suffragist
Ruth Cavendish Bentinck
Founder of the Cavendish Bentinck Library, Ruth was involved with the National Federation of Women Workers and the Fabian Society. She was also a keen supporter of the women’s suffrage movement.
Maureen Colquhoun
Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North
Eugenia Charles
Dominica’s first female prime minister
Mary Reynolds
Irish merchant and politician
Ellen Forrester
Irish nationalist and poet
Josephine Ryan
Irish teacher and political activist
Kitty O’Doherty
Irish nationalist
Soraya Tarzi
Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.