Edna Flannery Kelly
Edna Flannery Kelly, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. House and the first woman to represent Brooklyn, New York, in Congress, made her mark on the Foreign Affairs Committee supporting a broad sweep of American Cold War policies.
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Mary Hill
1700s and 1800s marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys of Ombersley in her own right, and noted whig partisan
Patricia McLaughlin
Irish politician and community activist
Dr Gertrude Kelly
Irish surgeon and political activist
Mary Harrison
Irish journalist and nationalist
Patsy Lawlor
20th century Irish politician and Irish Countrywomen’s Association president
Rosa O’Doherty
1600s exiled Irish political activist
Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa
Irish poet
Caroline Grey
Irish political hostess, business owner and activist
Caroline Douglas
1800s marchioness of Queensberry and Irish nationalist benefactor