First woman to speak about women’s suffrage on a public platform.
An early campaigner for women's rights. She funded campaigns, wrote one of the first tracts and was one of the three speakers at the first suffrage meeting in Manchester. Born in Manchester as Agnes Heap. 1852 married the Liberal politician Henry Pochin.
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Agnes Pochin
Founded by Elizabeth Jesser Reid as the Ladies College, the first higher education college for women. Â In 1900 it became part of the University of London and in 1913 moved to larger purpose built p...
Suffragist and leading member of Women’s Liberal Federation. Eva Maria McLaren (née Müller; was an English suffragist, writer and campaigner. She served as Superintendent of the Franchise departm...
Alderman (of St Pancras Borough Council), property developer and pioneer of flats for ladies. A son of Polish immigrants, he and his 5 brothers prospered in property development, initially in East...
Born Julia Sullivan in Limehouse, married John Scurr in 1900. Politically active, campaigning for working women, the unemployed, women's suffrage. 1919 elected to Poplar Borough Council and was imp...
Feminist, Liberal politician, mathematician, engineer, artist and writer. NUWSS, unsuccessfully stood for Parliament. Born as Rachel Pearsall Conn Costelloe. 1911 she married civil servant Oliver ...
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