Louise Michel
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
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Mary Ashton Livermore
Journalist, Philanthropist, and Lecturer
Mary Anne Müller
New Zealand’s pioneer suffragist
Jane Lathrop Stanford
American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University
Miriam Leslie
That a woman of such business ability, and with heavy responsibilities, should be at the same time a society leader, is a marvel of versatility.
Concepción Felix
Feminist, lawyer, social reformer and human rights activist Concepción Felix Roque founded one of the Philippines’s first women’s organisations, Asociación Feminista Filipina, and one of the first humanitarian organisations, La Gota de Leche, focused on the well-being of mothers and their children.
Lillian Russell
Actor and singer Lillian Russell was a noted beauty of the American stage, and much beloved for her kindliness and charities. During the latter part of her life she became interested in public matters, and in 1921 President Harding appointed her a special investigator to study immigration conditions.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville wrote many works which influenced Maxwell. Her discussion of a hypothetical planet perturbing Uranus led Adams to his investigation. Somerville College in Oxford was named after her.
Frances Hardcastle
Frances Hardcastle was an English mathematician who held fellowships in the United States. She studied point groups and wrote some important works. She also was a major figure in the Women’s Suffrage movement and was secretary of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies.
Chrystal Macmillan
Chrystal Macmillan was the first female science graduate at Edinburgh University and the first female honours graduate in Mathematics. She became active in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and went on to become a lawyer.