LADIES OF NOTE

Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) worked to build adequate hospitals and asylums for the mentally ill.

Josephine Butler (1828-1906) campaigned for the rights of sex workers and the age of consent laws.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) in 1903 formed the "WSPU" --- "the Women's Social and Political Union."

Marie Stopes (1880-1958) began researching her controversial book "Married Love" on sexual pleasure and birth control.