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List Of Suffragists And Suffragettes
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize – their goals. Suffragists and suffragettes, often members of different groups and societies, used or use differing tactics. "Suffragette" in the British usage denotes a more " militant" type of campaigner, while suffragettes in the United States organized such nonviolent events as the Suffrage Hikes, the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913, and the Silent Sentinels. Argentina *Cecilia Grierson (1859–1934) – the first woman physician in Argentina; supporter of women's emancipation, including suffrage *Julieta Lanteri (1873–1932) – physician, freethinker, and activist; the first woman to vote in Argentina *Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885–198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Mary Colton
Mary Colton (née Cutting; from 1891, Lady Colton; 6 December 1822, was an Australian philanthropist and suffragist. Early life and family Colton was born in London, the eldest of three children of Samuel Cutting, bootmaker, and his wife Hannah. In 1839 she emigrated with her widowed father, her brother Alfred and sister Hannah to Adelaide, South Australia aboard ''Orleana'', arriving in June 1840. In 1844 Colton married (later Sir) John Colton saddler, hardware merchant and politician. Colton had nine children, several of whom died in infancy with her last child being born in 1865. Philanthropy Colton worked tirelessly for the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children. A committed Methodist, Mary began her philanthropy with the church's Dorcas Society, the South Adelaide Wesleyan Ladies' Working Society and the Nursing Sisters' Association. In the 1860s she served on the ladies' committee that managed the practical affairs of the Servant's Home, a facility for new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Meeson
Dora Meeson (1869–1955) was an Australian artist and an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London, England. She was a member of the British Artists' Suffrage League. She was married to fellow artist George James Coates on 23 July 1903. Group exhibitions * 1992 Heide Museum of Modern Art – Completing the Picture Collections * Art Gallery of Ballarat * Art Gallery of New South Wales * Australian War Memorial Benalla Art Gallery* Castlemaine Art Museum * Christchurch Art Gallery New Zealand * Art Gallery of New South Wales * Imperial War Museum London * Museum of London Docklands * National Army Museum Chelsea * National Gallery of Australia * National Gallery of Victoria * National Library of Australia * Port of London Authority * State Library of Tasmania Recognition and legacy A representation of her banner was used on the design of the Commemorative coins of Australia, Australian 2003 dollar coin celebrating the centenary of women's suffrage. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosetta Jane Birks
Rosetta Jane "Rose" Birks (1856–1911) was a social reformer and philanthropist who played a key role in South Australian women's suffrage. Birks née Thomas was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 12 March 1856 to English-born parents William Kyffin Thomas, proprietor of the ''Observer'' and '' Register'' newspapers, and his wife Mary Jane Thomas, née Good. Known to her family as Rose, Birks was heavily involved in the Flinders Street Baptist Church in Adelaide that her father helped establish. In 1879 Birks married her sister's widower, wealthy Baptist merchant Charles Napier Birks and became the stepmother to her six nieces and nephews. The Birks family would later establish the Charles Birks & Co department store in Rundle Street, Adelaide. Philanthropy Throughout her life Birks was involved in advancing women's rights and the welfare and social issues of the day. Birks presided over several Baptist women's associations including a mothers' union and a women's guild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Bear-Crawford
Annette Bear-Crawford (1853 – 7 June 1899) was a women's suffragist and federationist in Victoria. Early life Bear-Crawford was born in East Melbourne, her family was wealthy and she spent her childhood in Australia and England. She had three brothers and five sisters. Their father believed in giving his daughters 'every educational advantage' and Annette was taught by governesses in Australia and England before attending Cheltenham Ladies' College, Gloucestershire. After some time in France and Germany she trained in social work in England, gaining experience of work in city slums and in London's New Hospital. She met leaders of the women's movement and became well known as an active member of the National Vigilance Association. Women's suffrage In April 1890, Bear-Crawford rejoined her mother in Victoria. She became a leading force in the growing women's movement which was then most concerned with gaining the franchise. Bear-Crawford believed that 'the vote would be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Ashton
Eliza Ann Ashton (née Pugh; 1851/185215 July 1900) was an English-born Australian journalist and social reformer. She wrote for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''The Daily Telegraph'' in Sydney under the names ''Faustine'' and ''Mrs Julian Ashton''. She was a founding member of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales. Early life Eliza Ann Pugh was born in Stoke Newington, England in either 1851 or 1852. Her father was a manager at J.S. Morgan & Co. She attended a college for girls in North London, followed by a boarding school in France. She married the artist Julian Ashton on 1 August 1876 and moved with him to Australia in 1878. Career Ashton was a journalist, writer and literary critic for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''The Daily Telegraph'' of Sydney. She also wrote an article on the education of girls in the Centennial Magazine. Under the pseudonym ''Faustine'' she wrote mainly social commentary pieces while under the name Mrs Julian Ashton she was known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybanke Anderson
Maybanke Susannah Anderson (nee Selfe and also known as Maybanke Wolstenholme; 16 February 1845 – 15 April 1927) was an Australian political reformer involved in women's suffrage and Australian federation. Early life Maybanke Selfe was born at Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, near the city London. She was the daughter of Henry Selfe, a plumber, and his wife Elizabeth (née Smith), and was the sister of Norman Selfe and a cousin of Eadward Muybridge, who migrated to the United States in 1850. Her family migrated to Australia as free settlers in January 1855 when she was nine years old. Twelve years later in September 1867, Maybanke married Edmund Kay Wolstenholme, a timber merchant. The couple had seven children between 1868 and 1879, four of whom died from a heart condition before the age of five. Her son, Harry Wolstenholme, was a lawyer and keen amateur ornithologist. The Wolstenholmes built a large house called 'Maybanke' in Marrickville. The later years of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan (' Brown; 2 August 18619 June 1932) was an Australian social reformer who worked for the rights and welfare of women and children. She is best known as the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament. Cowan has been featured on the reverse of Australia's 50-dollar note since 1995. Cowan was born at Glengarry station near Geraldton, Western Australia. She was the granddaughter of two of the colony's early settlers, Thomas Brown and John Wittenoom. Cowan's mother died when she was seven, and she was subsequently sent to boarding school in Perth. At the age of 15, her father, Kenneth Brown, was executed for the murder of her stepmother, making her an orphan. She subsequently lived with her grandmother in Guildford, Western Australia until her marriage at the age of 18. She and her husband would have five children together, splitting their time between homes in West Perth and Cottesloe. In 1894, Cowan was one of the founders of the Karrakat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira Rawson De Dellepiane
Dr. Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane (née Elvira Rawson; April 19, 1867June 4, 1954) was a militant Suffragette, suffragist and the second woman to receive a medical degree in Argentina. She was an activist for women's and children's rights and was known as "the mother of Feminism in Argentina, women's rights in Argentina". Early years Rawson de Dellepiane was born in Junín, Buenos Aires Province, Junín, Argentina. She belonged to the renowned family of dean Gregorio Funes who was considered the father of history of Argentina. She was educated in Buenos Aires, receiving her university doctoral degree in medicine on 29 September 1892 from the University of Buenos Aires. Earlier to this, she had obtained a certificate from the ''Ecole Normale de Mendoza'' in teaching after that she had worked as a teacher for one year before starting her medical education. A year earlier, she married Doctor Manuel Dellepiane. Her doctoral thesis which received the acclaim of Gregorio Araoz Alfaro, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974). She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. She met Colonel Juan Perón on 22 January 1944 during a charity event at the Luna Park Stadium to benefit the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina. The two were married the following year. Juan Perón was elected President of Argentina in June 1946; during the next six years, Eva Perón became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Moreau De Justo
Alicia Moreau de Justo (October 11, 1885 – May 12, 1986) was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist. She was a leading figure in feminism and socialism in Argentina. Since the beginning of the 20th century, she got involved in public claims for opening rights for women. In 1902, joined by a fellow activists, she founded the Feminist Socialist Center of Argentina and the Feminine Work Union of Argentina. Biography Alicia Moreau de Justo was born October 11, 1885. She organized conferences in the ''Fundación Luz'' ight Foundation and together with her father, co-founded the ''Ateneo Popular'' he People's Athenaeum She was chief editor of the journal ''Humanidad Nueva'' ew Humanity and director of the publication ''Nuestra Causa'' ur Cause In 1914 she graduated from college as a medical doctor, and some years later, she joined the Socialist Party. Soon after that, she married the politician Juan B. Justo, and together they had three child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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