Frances Power Cobbe
Philosopher and women's suffrage and animal welfare activist (1822-1904) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 5 April 1904) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, religious thinker, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) in 1875 and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage.
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Born | (1822-12-04)4 December 1822 Newbridge House, County Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 5 April 1904(1904-04-05) (aged 81) Hengwrt, Wales |
Occupation(s) | Writer, social reformer, philosopher |
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