Mrs Mallet
Concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mo...
1 memorial
Edith Mansell-Moullin
Suffragist of Welsh heritage and social activist. Proud of her Welsh roots, she founded the Cymric Suffrage Union, which was dedicated to gaining the vote for Welsh women. She was the co-organizer ...
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Catherine Marshall
Catherine Elizabeth Marshall was a suffragist and campaigner against conscription during WW1. She moved her interests from women's votes to peace and worked in Geneva supporting the League of Natio...
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Caroline Martineau
Born Caroline Anne, daughter of Richard Martineau, a director and partner of the Whitbread Brewery. Early on she was interested in the study of natural science, attending lectures at the Royal Ins...
1 memorial
Mary Seacole Trust
From the Trust's website: "We want British society to become fairer, more inclusive and more harmonious. We believe that overcoming exclusion and increasing participation by promoting equality of b...
1 memorial
Matchgirls' strike
A strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory. Annie Besant had published an article about the poor working conditions at the factory, 'White Slavery in London'. Thi...
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Nora Maude
Central Secretary of the Mothers' Union in 1925. In 1926 was quoted in newspapers as opposed to divorce, supporting a MU decision to deny membership to a divorced woman.
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Dr Annie McCall
One of the first women to qualify as a doctor, in 1885. Born Manchester. She studied abroad and in London. Once qualified she quickly started a clinic and school of midwifery in her own home at 165...
1 memorial
Eva McLaren
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...
1 memorial
Priscilla Bright McLaren
Anti-slavery movement and women’s suffrage. Executive member of NUWSS. Priscilla Bright McLaren was an activist who served and linked the anti-slavery movement with the women's suffrage movement i...
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