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Charlotte Despard

Irish suffragist, nationalist, socialist, and writer

Susanne Day

Irish writer and suffragist

Jessie Mackay

Jessie Mackay’s crusading spirit informed her poetry, and her poetry is a record of all the causes she held dear.

In 1901 she established a women’s collective clothing factory and was appointed the chair of its board. She continued her work for electoral reform and moved the resolution that brought the South Australian National Council of Women into existence, although she found the organisation too cautious and resigned from the executive in 1906.

Rose Scott

Rose Scott was one of the founders of the Women’s Literary Society and the Womanhood Suffrage League and a foundation member of National Council of Women of New South Wales. She was the first president of the Women’s Political Educational League.