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William Brennan
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Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury, oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1862; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury
British industrial reformer [1801–1885]
Abzug, Bella
Bella Abzug
American politician
Florence Kelley.
Florence Kelley
American social reformer
Agnes Nestor.
Agnes Nestor
American labor leader
René Waldeck-Rousseau; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
René Waldeck-Rousseau
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Richard John Seddon
prime minister of New Zealand
1st Viscount Cross, detail of a portrait by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer, 1882; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
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Lemuel Shaw
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