Emily Davies
British Advocate of Women's Rights
Emily Davies was an early British advocate for women's rights. She helped to found Britain's first women's college, Girton College. She was part of the suffrage movement, but opposed the militancy of the Pankhursts and others.
Emily Davies about 1901
Image © Jone Johnson Lewis, 2011. Adapted from "Women's Suffrage" by Helen Blackburn, 1902.