Frances Power Cobbe
1822–1904 (age 82)
Biography
Frances Power Cobbe was a writer and activist whose pen was a powerful instrument for social reform. She spoke out passionately on behalf of women and animals, championing early feminist causes and advocating against the cruelties of vivisection, while producing essays and articles that challenged the assumptions of her time.
Her legacy endures in the causes she advanced with such ardor, and in the countless readers who drew courage from her eloquent insistence on justice and compassion.