Louise Purington
Louise Purington was an American physician who became a leader in the temperance movement.
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Flora Stone Mather
American philanthropist dedicated to Cleveland religious, educational, and social reform activities.
Jennie MacMichael
Canadian suffragist
Mary Cosgrave
Irish social worker and local politician
Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
Canadian feminist, social reformer, lecturer, educator and author
Dr Ethel Percy Andrus
Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Annie Gardner Barr
Canadian artist and social reformer
Mary Matilda Brown
South African social reformer and temperance activist
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
South African temperance activist
Mary Ware Dennett
American women’s rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate and trailblazer in the areas of birth control, sex education and suffrage, who co-founded the National Birth Control League in 1915