Suffragists

A suffragette was a member or supporter of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an activist women's group agitating for votes for women, which in the early 20th century broke away from the much larger, peaceful and longer lasting National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), whose supporters were known as suffragists. Both organisations campaigned for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. However, the Women's Social and Political Union, a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, engaged in direct action and civil disobedience a

Serbian artist (1873-1915)

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

cofounder and president of the Iraqi Women League (1923–2007)

Turkish social reformer (1889–1958)

Paraguayan lawyer and feminist

Jordanian lawyer

Croatian writer (1879-1968)

Latvian politician and feminist (1874-1964)

Sri Lankan social activist

thumb|Tapa cloth made by MauatuaMauatua, also Maimiti or Isabella Christian, also known as Mainmast, ( 1764 – 19 September 1841) was a Tahitian tapa maker, who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty mutineers. She married both Fletcher Christian and Ned Young, and had children with both men. Fine white tapa, which was her specialty, is held in the collections of the British Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum, amongst others.

activist and politician from Belize

Luxembourgish politician (1886-1979)

Iranian writer

Serbian humanitarian

Slovene teacher

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labor organizer, suffragette, women's rights activist and political activist

Iraqi journalist

Trinidadian writer and activist (born 1869)