Flora Murray
British doctor and suffragette during the early 20th century
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Maureen Colquhoun
Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North
Veronica Wedgwood
Despite never holding an academic post Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood was a well known and respected historian and public intellectual.
Bessie Smith
Acknowledged as one of the greatest blues singers of the twentieth century, Bessie Smith reigned as the “Empress of the Blues” throughout most of the 1920s.
Mary E Garrett
American philanthropist who donated money to start the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1893 on the condition that the school would accept women students “on the same terms as men”.
Elisabeth Marbury
American author’s representative and theatrical manager.
Mary Emma Woolley
American educator
Dorothy Wilde
Dorothy Wilde divided her time between London and Paris, where she was, for a time, the toast of salons, celebrated for her wit, intelligence, and physical likeness to her uncle Oscar, as whom she used to dress up.
Mary Shelley
English author of Frankenstein
Sylvia Beach
In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.