This is a list of British suffragists and suffragettes who were born in the British Isles or whose lives and works are closely associated with it.

Suffragists and suffragettes A

Alice Abadam (1856–1940) – Welsh suffragist and Catholic campaigner, member of the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957) – Scottish suffragist, editor and feminist lecturer, officer of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Eleanor Acland (1878–1933) – British Liberal Party politician, suffragist, and novelist, member of the Liberal Women’s Suffrage Union and president of the Women's Liberal Federation Violet Aitken (1886–1987) – British suffragette activist in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), imprisoned and force-fed, editor of The Suffragette Laura Ainsworth (1885–1958) – British teacher and suffragette Leonora de Alberti (1870–1934) – English historian and suffragist, member of the Catholic Women’s Suffrage Society and editor of its journal The Catholic Suffragist Margaret Aldersley (1852–1940) – British textile worker, suffragist, feminist and trade unionist, member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) Mary Ann Aldham (1858–1940) – English suffragette who famously slashed a portrait in the Royal Academy in 1914, member of the WSPU Janie Allan (1868–1968) – Scottish suffragette activist and significant financial supporter of the WSPU; imprisoned for suffrage activities Doreen Allen (1879–1963) – English suffragette, member of the WSPU Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964) – British women's rights activist, suffragette, and policewoman, member of the WSPU, was imprisoned and went on hunger strike, later involved in far-right political activity Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley (1844–1874) – British suffragist and early advocate of birth control, president of the Bristol and West of England Women's Suffrage Society Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) – English physician, feminist, first dean of a British medical school, first female mayor, and magistrate in Britain, member of the committee of the NUWSS Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873–1943) – British physician and suffragist, Chief Surgeon of Women's Hospital Corps, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, jailed for her suffragist activities; niece of Millicent Fawcett Gertrude Ansell (1861–1932) – English suffragette, animal welfare activist, typist and businesswoman Rhoda Anstey (1865–1936) – English teacher, member of the WFL and one of the earliest members of the Gymnastic Teachers' Suffrage Society Helen Archdale (1876–1949) – Scottish suffragette and journalist, organiser for the WSPU in Sheffield Ethel Arnold (1865–1930) – English journalist and suffrage lecturer Catherine Arnott (1858–1942) – British medical doctor and member of the Coventry branch of the WSPU Jane Arthur (1827–1907) – Scottish philanthropist, educationalist, feminist and activist; campaigned for women's suffrage Margaret Ashton (1856–1937) – Scottish suffragist, local politician, pacifist Anne Ashworth (1842–1921) – British suffragist and a founder member of the National Society for Women's Suffrage, Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, and Manchester Society for Women's Suffrage Mary Atkinson – English suffragette in the Lancashire textile industry, member of the Nelson & Clitheroe Suffrage Society Barbara Ayrton-Gould (1886–1950) – Labour politician and co-founder of the United Suffragists; jailed for her suffrage activities Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923) – English engineer, mathematician, inventor and suffragette, member of the WSPU

B

Bertha Bacon (1866–1922) – English suffragette, arrested and imprisoned for smashing three windows of the dining room at the Westminster Palace Hotel Mary Anne Baikie (1861–1950) – Scottish suffragist who established the Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society Sarah Jane Baines (1866–1951) – British-Australian feminist and social reformer; member of the WSPU, jailed at least fifteen times Minnie Baldock ( – 1954) – English suffragette, co-founded the first London branch of the WSPU in Canning Town, one of the first suffragettes to be arrested after trying to present a petition to the House of Commons Elizabeth Balfour, Countess of Balfour (1867–1942) – English aristocrat, politician and suffragette Lady Frances Balfour (1858–1931) – British aristocrat, author, and suffragist, president of the NUWSS, opposed the militancy of the WSPU Florence Balgarnie (1856–1928) – English suffragette, speaker, pacifist, feminist, temperance activist Norah Balls (1886–1980) – British suffragette, women’s right campaigner, magistrate and councillor, co-founder of the Girl Guides movement in Northumberland Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) – English Liberal Party politician, pacifist, suffragist and temperance activist Catherine Isabella Barmby – English socialist and feminist writer, her 1843 tract The Demand for the Emancipation of Women, Politically and Socially was an early work arguing the case for women's enfranchisement Annie Barnes (1886–1982) – British-Italian socialist and suffragist, known as "Tough Annie" Rachel Barrett (1874–1953) – Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor, member of the WSPU, imprisoned and force fed, editor of the Votes for Women newspaper Janet Barrowman (1879–1955) – Scottish suffragette and member of the WSPU, jailed for her suffragist activities Anna Bateson (c.1830–1918) – English suffragist, co-founder of the Cambridge Women’s Suffrage Association (CWSA) Lydia Becker (1827–1890) – English amateur scientist and leader in the early British suffrage movement, secretary of the Manchester Society for Women's Suffrage Dorothea Beale (1831–1906) – English educational reformer, author and suffragist, Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College and vice-president of the Kensington Society Harriette Beanland (born 1866) – British textile worker and suffragette, secretary to the Women's Labour League in Lancashire, signed the manifesto of the Independent Labour Party in favour of women's suffrage in 1906 Lydia Becker (1827–1890) – British biologist, astronomer and suffragist, founder and publisher of the Women's Suffrage Journal Edith Marian Begbie (1866–1932) – Scottish militant suffragette who was force-fed, member of the WSPU Elizabeth Gould Bell (1862–1934) – Northern Irish suffragette, member of the WSPU and the Irish Women's Suffrage Society, and the first woman to practice medicine in Ulster Mary Bell (1885–1943) – first Scottish women magistrate, member of the Women's Freedom League (WFL) Sarah Benett (1850–1924) – Scottish suffragette and tax resister, member of the WSPU and treasurer of the WFL Ethel Bentham (1861–1931) – British doctor, Labour politician, member of the NUWSS Inez Bensusan (1871–1967) – Australian born Jewish actress, playwright and suffragette in the UK, leader of the Actresses' Franchise League (AFL) and the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage Rosa May Billinghurst (1875–1953) – British suffragette, member of the WSPU and founder of the Greenwich branch; jailed multiple times, decorated her wheelchair in WSPU colours Teresa Billington-Greig (1877–1964) – British writer, suffragette and co-founder of the WFL; jailed for her campaigning activities Catherine Hogg Blair (1872–1946) – Scottish suffragette, founder of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute (SWRI) and member of the WSPU Clementina Black (1853–1922) – English writer, suffragist and trade unionist, member of the WSPU and acting editor of The Common Cause newspaper Violet Bland (1863–1940) – member of the WSPU, force-fed in prison Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940) – English suffragist who lived at Eagle House, which became known as the "Suffragette's Rest" Mary Blathwayt (1879–1961) – English suffragist who lived at Eagle House, member of the WSPU, daughter of Emily Blathwayt Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891) – early English educationalist, artist, feminist, activist for women's rights, belonged to the Langham Place Circle Lillie Boileau (1869–1930) – English political activist and early member of the WFL and the Union of Ethical Societies Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) – British feminist and politician, chair of the Adult Suffrage Society, member of the WFL, member of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship (later the NUWSS) and first woman Cabinet minister in the United Kingdom Adeline Bourne (1873–1965) – Anglo-Indian actress, suffragette and charity worker; co-founder or the AFL Elsie Bowerman (1889–1973) – British lawyer and suffragette, member of the WSPU, RMS Titanic survivor Emma Boyce (1867–1929) – Hackney-based suffragette and anti-war activist, member of the East London Federation of SuffragettesHannam, June (2002). Socialist Women: Britain, 1880s to 1920s. New York: Routledge. Janet Boyd (1850–1928) – English suffragette and hunger-striker Georgina Brackenbury (1865–1949) – British painter and suffragette Marie Brackenbury (1866–1950) – British painter and suffragette, her home was known as "Mouse Castle" because it looked after recovering hunger strikers Henry Brailsford (1873–1958) – English journalist and writer, cofounder of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage Jane Esdon Brailsford (1876–1937) – Scottish suffragette, member of the WSPU Bertha Brewster (1887–1959) – English peace activist and suffragette, member of the WSPU then the United Suffragists Ursula Bright (1835–1915) – English suffragist and activist for married women's property rights, a founder member of the Manchester Society for Women's Suffrage in 1867 Maud Mary Brindley – English artist and suffragette, member of the WSPU, arrested for breaking windows on London's Oxford Street Agnes Brown (1866–1943) – Scottish suffragist and writer, member of the WFL and secretary of Northern Men's Federation for Women's Suffrage Myra Sadd Brown (1872–1938) – English suffragette activist in the WSPU, imprisoned and force-fed after breaking a window at the War Office Annie Leigh Browne (1851–1936) – British educationist and suffragist, co-founder of College Hall, London and the Women's Local Government Society Millicent Browne (1881–1975) – British suffragette, pacifist and teacher, nickname "Militant Browne" Constance Bryer (1870–1952) – British classical violinist and suffragette, member of the WSPU and the Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS), served four months in prison for breaking windows on London’s Regent Street Amy Bull (1877–1953) – British teacher, suffragist and tax resister, arrested on Black Friday Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (1869–1923) – British suffragette, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control Evaline Hilda Burkitt (1876–1955) – English suffragette, member of the WSPU, first suffragette to be force-fed Frances Buss (1827–1894) – British educator, headmistress and feminist, pioneer of women's education, member of the Kensington Society Josephine Butler (1828–1906) – English feminist, author, social reformer concerned about the welfare of prostitutes Mary Burton (1819–1909) – Scottish social and educational reformer, and supporter of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage Mary Bury – English suffragist, secretary of the Newcastle Suffrage Society and organiser for the NUWSS in northern England and Scotland

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Elizabeth Cadbury (1858–1951) – British philanthropist and suffragist Edward Caird (1835–1908) – Scottish philosopher, founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage Mona Caird (1854–1932) – English novelist and essayist who wrote in support of women's suffrage, member of the NUWSS, WFL, the Women's Emancipation Union (WEU), the London Society for Women's Suffrage and the Theosophical Society Florence Canning (1863–1914) – British suffragette, chair of the executive committee of the Church League for Women's Suffrage