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Helen P. Sanborn (1858-1922) - California suffragist with the First Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, educator; Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) – birth control activist, sex educator, nurse, established Planned Parenthood Federation of America. [115] Florida Scott-Maxwell (1883–1979) – author and suffragist active in the UK. [116]
Eunice Murray (1878–1960) – suffragist, and only Scottish woman who stood for election when UK elections were opened to women in 1918; Flora Murray (1869–1923) – medical pioneer and activist; Frances Murray (1843–1919) – a suffragist raised in Scotland, an advocate of women's education, a lecturer in Scottish music and a writer
Rosa Amelia Guzmán (1922–2011) – journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the Liga Femenina Salvadoreña (LFS) (Salvadoran Feminist League) whose 1950 speech to the Constituent Assembly was instrumental in women gaining the vote; later one of the first 3 women to gain a seat in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In September 1909, the Home Office became unwilling to release hunger-striking suffragettes before their sentence was served. [56] Suffragettes became a liability because, if they were to die in custody, the prison would be responsible for their death.
The plaintiff, a suffragist named Ethel MacKenzie, was living in California, which since 1911 had extended the franchise to women. However, she had been denied voter registration by the respondent in his capacity as a Commissioner of the San Francisco Board of Election on the grounds of her marriage to a Scottish man. [169]
Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American Quaker, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote.
Of the thirty one picketers arrested that day, Nolan was given the lightest sentence (six days) on account of her age. [3] The judge, believing prison would be too severe and harsh for an older women, urged Mrs. Nolan to pay her fine instead. In response, she allegedly said “Your honor, I have a nephew fighting for democracy in France.
Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879 – December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. [1] She was a passionate activist in the United States and the United Kingdom, who joined the militant suffragettes.