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{{Short description|Philosopher and women's suffrage and animal welfare activist (1822β1904)}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Frances Power Cobbe | image = Portrait of Frances Power Cobbe.jpg | caption = Portrait from ''Life of Frances Power Cobbe'', 1894 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1822|12|4}} | birth_place = [[Newbridge Estate|Newbridge House]], County Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1904|4|5|1822|12|4}} | death_place = [[Hengwrt]], Wales | known_for = {{Plainlist| * Founding the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection (1875) and [[British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection]] (1898) * Being a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage }} | notable works = | occupation = Writer, social reformer, philosopher }} '''Frances Power Cobbe''' (4 December 1822 β 5 April 1904) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, religious thinker, 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]].
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