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Juliette Adam

French writer whose Novelle Revue, founded in 1879, and salon were politically influential

Katharine Prescott Wormeley

American translator and author

Sylvia Beach

In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.

Alice Stone Blackwell

American suffraigst and writer

Gertrude Campbell

Irish writer, journalist, and critic

Emma Louise Ashford

American musician and composer

Annie Jenness Miller

American dress reformer, author, publisher and lecturer

Emily Faithfull

English philanthropist who took a great interest in the conditions of working women

The first woman in America to ask for admission to the bar having studied law with her husband. On being refused she went to work, with the aid of her husband, to secure the passage of a law making it possible for women to practice in the courts of Illinois. She was years later, without solicitation, admitted on her original application. She was the first woman made a member of the Illinois Bar and Press Associations. She established the Legal News, a recognized legal authority.