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Born February 14, 1847 • Newcastle upon Tyne • England
Died July 2, 1919 (aged 72) • Pennsylvania

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Alice Paul
American suffragist
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Francis Asbury
American clergyman
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
American suffragist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American suffragist
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
American feminist leader
Blatch, Harriot Eaton Stanton
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
American suffragist
Jeannette Rankin, 1918
Jeannette Rankin
American politician
Helen Hamilton Gardener
Helen Hamilton Gardener
American writer, reformer and public official
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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
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Virginia Louisa Minor
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Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
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Alice Stone Blackwell
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Olympia Brown
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Mary Putnam Jacobi
Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician
Mary Hannah Hanchett Hunt
American temperance leader
Katherine Philips Edson
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Lucy Stone.
Lucy Stone
American suffragist
Carry Nation
Carry Nation
American temperance leader