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Born: 1885 Died: 1945 Claim to fame: He founded the Men’s Political Union for Women’s Enfranchisement (MPU). Background Victor belonged to a middle-class family, and his father was a German immigrant. The whole family were supporters of women’s rights; his mother and his aunt were members of the Jewish League...

Born: 1822  Died: 1904  Occupation: Writer and animal rights campaigner Claims to fame: 19th-century Anglo-Irish campaigner for women’s rights, involved in formulating the 1866 women’s suffrage petition. Early life Frances was born in Dublin, Ireland, into a wealthy Anglo-Irish family. She found her life as a housekeeper to her father frustrating,...

Born: 1858  Died: 1941  Occupation: Social campaigner Claim to fame: Prominent Welsh campaigner for women’s suffrage Early years Edith Thomas was born in England but of Welsh heritage. As a young woman, she was active in aid work in the soup kitchens and poorest slums of London. She married a renowned...

Born: 1863  Died: 1940   Claim to fame: Prominent Bristol campaigner who worked in domestic service in her youth Early life Violet was born in Shropshire and was a manual labourer’s daughter. As a young girl, she went into domestic service. Like most servants, she was poorly paid and had few...

Born: 1844  Died: 1939  Occupation: Author Claim to fame: One of the founders of the Women’s Freedom League Early years Charlotte French was born in Kent into a comfortable but difficult background, as her father died when she was ten years of age and her mother was committed to an asylum....

Born: 1871 Died: 1944 Occupation: actress Claims to fame: one of the early female writers on a newspaper Early life Katherina Maria Schafer was born in Germany, but, in 1886, she moved to London to be with an aunt. After learning how to sing and dance, she became a performer...