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Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley (1844–1874) – early advocate of birth control, president of the Bristol and West of England Women's Suffrage Society Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) – physician, feminist, first dean of a British medical school, first female mayor, and magistrate in Britain
Annie Besant (1847–1933) – British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, philanthropist; Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903–1988) – secretary of the All-India Women's Conference (AIWC) and the first woman to run for a legislative seat in India
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of peerages inherited by women" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2011) In the peerages of the British Isles, most titles have traditionally been created for ...
This is a list of peerages created for women in the peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom. It does not include peerages created for men which were later inherited by women, or life peerages created since 1958 under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Background Prior to the regular creation of life peerages, the great majority of peerages were created for men ...
Name Year joined Year left Type of peerage Labour: Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger [a] 8 August 1958 11 July 1988 Life peeress: Crossbench: Stella Isaacs, Baroness Swanborough [b] 22 September 1958 22 May 1971 Life peeress Conservative: Katharine Elliot, Baroness Elliot of Harwood: 26 September 1958 3 January 1994 Life peeress ...
Left Labour and Co-op, joined Change UK: Change UK: 2018 2019 (Crossed again) Left Change UK, joined the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats: 2019 2019: Defeated Conservative: Nicola Blackwood [ex] Oxford West and Abingdon: 2010: 2017: Defeated Conservative: Karen Bradley [aq] Staffordshire Moorlands: 2010: Serving Conservative: Angie Bray [ey ...
She was imprisoned after heckling Winston Churchill. She left England after her release, eventually emigrating to the United States and settling in New York. She worked in the trade union movement and in 1920 became a full-time official of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union. In 2003, Mary's nieces donated her papers to New York University. [47]
York: 1570–1606 Yorkshire-born soldier, part of the Gunpowder Plot [5] [19] Roy Hattersley: born in Sheffield: 1933– British Labour politician, author and journalist Elizabeth Smith Middleton: born in Yorkshire: 1814–1898 British-born Canadian temperance leader [20] William Wilberforce: born in Kingston upon Hull: 1759–1833