in PR Milagros Benet de Mewton (1868–1948) – teacher who filed a lawsuit to press for suffrage Carlota Matienzo (1881–1926) – teacher, one of the founders of the Puerto Rican Feminine League and the Suffragist Social League Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994) – mayor of San Juan, first woman to hold post of mayor of a capitol city in the Americas Romania Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941) – Austro-Hungarian born Romanian writer, suffragist and women's rights activist Ana Conta-Kernbach (1865–1921) – teacher, pedagogue, writer, women's rights activist, suffragist Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu (1866–1938) – teacher, writer, women's rights activist, suffragist Clara Maniu (1842–1929) – feminist, suffragist Elena Meissner (1867–1940) – feminist, suffragist, headed Asociația de Emancipare Civilă și Politică a Femeii Române Serbia Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972) – nurse, humanitarian, feminist, suffrage campaigner South Africa Anna Petronella van Heerden (1887–1975) – campaigned for women's suffrage in the 1920s Julia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African feminist and suffragist who helped acquire the vote for white women in 1930 Lady Barbara Steel (1857–1943) – helped acquire the vote for white women in 1930 Spain Concepción Arenal (1820–1893) – pioneer and founder of the feminist movement in Spain; activist, writer, journalist and lawyer Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) – Spanish writer, journalist, university professor and support for women's rights and education Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932) – Spanish journalist, writer, translator and women's rights activist Clara Campoamor (1888–1972) – Spanish politician and feminist best known for her advocacy for women's rights and suffrage during the writing of the Spanish constitution of 1931 María Espinosa de los Monteros (1875–1946) – Spanish women's rights activist, suffragist and business executive Victoria Kent (1891–1987) – Spanish lawyer, suffragist and politician Sweden Gertrud Adelborg (1853–1942) – Secretary and leading member of the suffrage movement, presented the first demand of woman suffrage to the government Elsa Alkman (1878–1975) – suffragist, women's rights activist, writer and composer Eva Andén (1886–1970) – lawyer, feminist and suffragist Carolina Benedicks-Bruce (1856–1935) – sculptor, women's rights activist and suffragist Signe Bergman (1869–1960) – co-founder and Chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage Nina Benner-Anderson (1865–1947) – nurse, pacifist and suffragist Ella Billing (1869–1921) – women's rights activist and suffragist Hilma Borelius (1869–1932) – literary historian, academic and suffragist Kristina Borg (1844–1928) – newspaper publisher, suffragist and peace activist Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865) – prominent novelist and early women's rights activist Emilia Broomé (1866–1925) – first woman in