Sarah Cecilia Harrison
Irish painter and social campaigner; in 1912 she became the first woman to be elected to Dublin corporation.
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Asenath Nicholson
1800s Irish traveller and social reformer
Jennie C Van Ness
A Republican from Essex County, she was one of the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly after women were granted the right to vote in 1920.
Dr Harriot Kezia Hunt
As a physician, she focused on women’s health issues, gaining admiration from her patients. As a women’s rights activist, Hunt challenged the boundaries that restricted women in education and in society.
Addie Dickman Miller
American college professor, a founder of the town of Ruskin in Florida and co-founder and vice-president of Ruskin College
Dr Agnes Nininger Kemp
1800s American physician
Anne Jane Carlile
Irish temperance pioneer and philanthropist
Graceanna Lewis
American ornithologist, illustrator, and activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements.
Zara A Wilson
American reformer and lawyer
Dr Seraph Frissell
1800s American doctor and temperance advocate