of birth control, president of the Bristol and West of England Women's Suffrage Society Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) – physician, feminist, first dean of a British medical school, first female mayor, and magistrate in Britain Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873–1943) – Chief Surgeon of Women's Hospital Corps, Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine, jailed for her suffragist activities Helen Archdale (1876–1949) – suffragette and journalist Jane Arthur (1827–1907) – educationalist, feminist and activist; campaigned for women's suffrage Margaret Ashton (1856–1937) – suffragist, local politician, pacifist Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964) – politician, socialite, first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons Barbara Ayrton-Gould (1886–1950) – Labour politician and co-founder of the United Suffragists; jailed for her suffrage activities Mary Anne Baikie (1861–1950) – Scottish suffragist who established the Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society Sarah Jane Baines (1866–1951) – feminist and social reformer; jailed at least fifteen times Minnie Baldock (c. 1864–1954) – co-founded the first London branch of the WSPU Frances Balfour (1858–1931) – president of the National Society for Women's Suffrage Florence Balgarnie (1856–1928) – British suffragette, speaker, pacifist, feminist, temperance activist Rachel Barrett (1874–1953) – member of the WSPU; editor of The Suffragette Janet Barrowman (1879–1955) – Scottish member of the WSPU; jailed for her suffragist activities Dorothea Beale (1831–1906) – educational reformer, author, Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College Harriette Beanland (born 1866) – British textile worker and Suffragette Lydia Becker (1827–1890) – biologist and astronomer, founder and publisher of the Women's Suffrage Journal Edith Marian Begbie (1866–1932) – militant suffragette who was force-fed Elizabeth Bell (1862–1934) – first woman to practice medicine in Ulster, WPSU militant. Mary Bell (1885–1943) – first Scottish women magistrate Sarah Benett (1850–1924) – Treasurer of the WFL and suffragette Ethel Bentham (1861–1931) – doctor, politician, member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies Annie Besant (1847–1933) – socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule Rosa May Billinghurst (1875–1953) – member of the WSPU; jailed multiple times Teresa Billington-Greig (1877–1964) – co-founder of Women's Freedom League; jailed for her suffragist activities Catherine Hogg Blair (1872–1946) – Scottish suffragette and founder of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute, and member of the WSPU Violet Bland (1863–1940) – member of the WSPU, force-fed in prison Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891) – educationalist, artist, feminist, activist for women's rights Lillie Boileau (1869–1930) – early member