Frances Power Cobbe

Frances Power Cobbe
Photograph from Life of Frances Power Cobbe, 1894
Born	(1822-12-04)4 December 1822 Newbridge House, County Dublin, Ireland
Died	5 April 1904(1904-04-05) (aged 81) Hengwrt, Wales
Occupation(s)	Writer, social reformer, philosopher
Known for	Founder of the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection (1875); British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (1898); member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage

Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 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.