Note: The women listed below are those who feature in this book, including the names of their partners and associates, where these are also mentioned and information is known. For other names, see the general index. The names listed are those by which the women were generally known; titles are omitted. In a few cases, dates of birth and/or death are not known. Page numbers in bold indicate a photograph.

Abbott, Edith (1876–1957) US page 49

Abbott, Elizabeth (1884–1957) UK

Abbott, Grace (1878–1939) US page 49

Aberdeen, Lady, see Hamilton-Gordon, Ishbel page 35

Abraham, May (1869–1946) UK page 261

Abram, Annie (1869–1930) UK

Addams, Jane (1860–1935) US page 46, 80, 149, 288

Aldrich-Blake, Louisa (1865–1925) UK

Alice, Princess, of Hesse-Darmstadt (1843–78) UK and Germany

Anderson, Adelaide (1863–1936) UK

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836–1917) UK

Anderson, Louisa Garrett (1873–1943) UK page 211

Andrews, Fannie Fern (1867–1950) US

Anstruther-Thomson, Clementina (1857–1921) UK

Anthony, Katharine (1877–1965) US

Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906) US

Arthur, Helen (1879–1939) US

Askanasy, Anna (also known as Helena or Helen Mahler) (birth and death dates not known, active 1930–70) Austria and Canada

Atkinson, Mabel (married name Palmer) (1876–1958) UK page 338

Atwood, Charlotte (birth and death dates not known) US

Atwood, Tony (Clare) (1866–1962) UK

Augspurg, Anita (1857–1943) Germany page 299

Baer, Gertrude (1890–1981) Germany

Balch, Emily Greene (1867–1961) US page 38, 157

Banks, Elizabeth (1872–1938) US

Barnett, Henrietta (1851–1936) UK page 62

Barrett, Janie Porter (1865–1948) US page 61

Bates, Katharine Lee (1859–1929) US

Bäumer, Gertrud (1873–1954) Germany

Beard, Mary Ritter (1876–1958) US page 11

Beecher, Catherine (1800–78) US

Bell, Florence (1851–1930) UK

Bentham, Ethel (1861–1931) UK

Besant, Annie (1847–1933) UK

Bey, Cornelia de(1865–1948) US

Black, Clementina (1853–1922) UK page 243

Black, Constance (married name Garnett) (1861–1946) UK

Blanc-Bentzon, Thérèse (also known as Madame Blanc, and as Th. Bentzon) (1840–1907) France

Blatch, Harriot Stanton (1856–1940) US

Blatch, Nora Stanton (married name Barney) (1883–1971) US