Frances Power Cobbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frances Power Cobbe

Irish writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading suffragette

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1822

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1904

Profession: writer, suffragette, philosopher, philanthropist, suffragist, feminist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 5 April 1904) 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 (NAVS) in 1875, and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage. She was the author of a number of books and essays, including The Intuitive Theory of Morals (1855), On the Pursuits of Women (1863), Cities of the Past (1864), Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors (1869), Darwinism in Morals (1871), and Scientific Spirit of the Age (1888).