Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.
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| Birth: | 4th December, 1822 |
| Death: | 5th April, 1904 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Social Reformer, Writer |
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Frances Power Cobbe was an Irish writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist, and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society in 1875, and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage.
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