Helen Miller Gould
American philanthropist and activist
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Alice Stone Blackwell
American suffraigst and writer
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
English novelist and biographer
Dr Annie Webb Blanton
American suffragist, educator, visionary, public official, innovator, and groundbreaker
Margaret Buckley
Irish republican, trade unionist, and writer
Maura Breslin
Irish trade unionist and feminist
Margaret Jane Scott Hawthorne
Margaret Scott Hawthorne was one of those who spearheaded the campaign to improve conditions for women workers in New Zealand. She is also notable for being one of the first women to achieve a position of status in the public service.
Selina Hale
Selina Hale was notable for having two significant careers: seven years as a trade unionist, and 21 years as a public servant.
Mai Clifford
Irish trade union official and laundress
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia
On 18 May 1893 the Speaker of the lower house of the Kotahitanga parliament introduced a motion from Meri Mangakāhia, requesting that women be given the right to participate in the selection of members. It was suggested that she come into the house to explain her motion, and later that day she addressed the parliament – the first woman recorded to have done so. She requested not only that Māori women be given the vote, but that they be eligible to sit in the Māori parliament