Rosa L Segur
German-American suffragist
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Adelaide Avery Claflin
American suffragist
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish political activist
Kathleen Cruise O’Brien
Irish teacher, suffragist and Irish language enthusiast
Celeste Liddle
Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman, freelance writer, social commentator and public speaker.
Mary Engle Pennington
Mary Engle Pennington became FDA’s first female lab chief under Harvey Wiley following passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. Her bacteriological research helped revolutionize the food supply, making more safe, fresh foods available at affordable prices, particularly in newly industrialized areas of the country.
Trixie Friganza
Famous vaudeville star and suffragist, inspiration for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Beatrice Faust
In 1972, Beatrice Faust was a founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) in Australia.
Cornelia Foster Bradford
Cornelia Foster Bradford established the Whittier House, the first settlement house in New Jersey and a Jersey City social establishment, in 1894.
Florence Peshine Eagleton
New Jersey leader in the woman suffrage movement and an advocate for women’s higher education.