Difference between revisions of "LGBTQ Activists in Suffragette Organizations"

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The suffragette movement was

The lesbian presence in the suffrage movement is quite remarkable. Both Finland's Selma Lagerlof and American Jane Addams were recipients of the Nobel Prize. Individuals such as Ireland's Frances Power Cobbe, Britain's Emmeline Pankhurst, and Americans Dr. S. Josephine Baker, Susan Brownell Anthony and Sophonisba Breckinridge, among others, are icons in the history of the movement.

Many of these individuals are notable for achieving firsts for women.

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 The suffragette movement was
-The lesbian presence in the suffrage movement is quite remarkable.  Both Finland's [[Selma Lagerlof]] and American [[Jane Addams]] were recipients of the Nobel Prize.  Individuals such as Ireland's [[Frances Power Cobbe]], Britain's [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], and Americans [[Dr. S. Josephine Baker]], [[Susanne Brownell Anthony]] and [[Sophonisba Breckinridge]], among others, are icons in the history of the movement.
+The lesbian presence in the suffrage movement is quite remarkable.  Both Finland's [[Selma Lagerlof]] and American [[Jane Addams]] were recipients of the Nobel Prize.  Individuals such as Ireland's [[Frances Power Cobbe]], Britain's [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], and Americans [[Dr. S. Josephine Baker]], [[Susan Brownell Anthony]] and [[Sophonisba Breckinridge]], among others, are icons in the history of the movement.
 Many of these individuals are notable for achieving firsts for women.