Editor of the "pioneering women's periodical" Shafts from 1892 until 1899.
Margaretha Horn, witch
Woman arrested on suspicion of witchcraft in Rothenburg in 1652, who despite being tortured, vigorously protested her innocence
Mariamne
Oil painting by John William Waterhouse
Marion Walker
Glaswegian woman active from 1597–1614 in highlighting the miscarriages of justice perpetrated during a Scottish witch-hunt.
Marion Wallace Dunlop
First suffragette to go on hunger strike, on 5 July 1909.
Mark Sheridan
English music-hall comedian and singer, whose recording popularised the song "I do like to be beside the Seaside".
Marool
A malevolent Shetland monster in the form of a large fish.
Married Women’s Property Act 1870
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed married women to be the legal owners of money they earned and to inherit property.
Marshall Stevens
Property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894.
Martha Bradley
18th-century English cook, author of The British Housewife.
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