SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Charlotte Despard

1844 - 1939

Photo of Charlotte Despard

Icon of person Charlotte Despard

Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, the Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League, and an activist in a wide range of political organizations over the course of her life, including among others the Women's Social and Political Union, Humanitarian League, Labour Party, Cumann na mBan, and the Communist Party of Great Britain. Despard was imprisoned four times for her suffragette activism, and she continued campaigning for women's rights, poverty relief and world peace into her 90s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlotte Despard is the 642nd most popular social activist (up from 678th in 2019), the 5,616th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,053rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Charlotte Despard by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Charlotte Despard ranks 642 out of 840. Before her are Wu'erkaixi, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Frank Kameny, Ingrid Newkirk, Elizaveta Glinka, and Lucy Burns. After her are Jan Egeland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Karen Silkwood, Ryan White, Mukhtar Mai, and Jared Taylor.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Charlotte Despard ranks 114. Before her are Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Josip Jurčič, Joan Röell, Amalie Materna, Sarah Winnemucca, and Adolphus Greely. After her are William Forsell Kirby, and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1939, Charlotte Despard ranks 162. Before her are Joseph Lyons, Lili Bech, Chick Webb, Boris Shchukin, Aurelio Mosquera, and Charles Eastman. After her are Grace Abbott, and Malcolm Champion.

Others Born in 1844

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1939

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charlotte Despard ranks 5,618 out of 8,785. Before her are Elizabeth Carter (1717), Cecil Parker (1897), Clive Donner (1926), Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900), Caroline Cossey (1954), and H. R. F. Keating (1926). After her are Carmen Ejogo (1973), Dynamo (1982), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Horace Gould (1921), Emma Samms (1960), and Felicia Hemans (1793).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Charlotte Despard ranks 42. Before her are Thomas Clarkson (1760), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Grey Owl (1888), Octavia Hill (1838), James Larkin (1876), and Ingrid Newkirk (1949). After her are Harry Hay (1912), Samuel Gompers (1850), Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), and Anthony Dod Mantle (1955).

British born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous