Frances Milton Trollope
English critic of American domestic life
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Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician Mary Putnam Jacobi was the first woman to graduate from the New York College of Pharmacy, and the first woman to study medicine at the University of Paris.
Anna Swanwick
English writer, translator, and philanthropist.
Catherine Booth
English preacher, known as the Mother of the Salvation Army.
Sara Jane Lippincott
Journalist and serial writer known as Grace Greenwood
Yekaterina Breshkovskaya
The “Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution.”
Mary Louise Booth
American journalist and translator of important French works.
Mary Hunt
American temperance reformer and educator
Helen Marot
American labor leader
Esther Glen
One of New Zealand’s finest writers for children. She has been commemorated since 1945 by the Esther Glen Award, which is given by the New Zealand Library Association for only ‘the most distinguished’ contributions to New Zealand literature for children.