Sarah James Eddy (May 3, 1851 – March 29, 1945) was an American artist and photographer who specialized in the platinotype process, also known as platinum prints. She was active in abolition, reform, and suffragist movements, and was a philanthropist as well as instrumental in the founding of the Rhode Island Humane Society. ~Wikipedia

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, Catharine Weed Barnes Ward had established herself as a tireless champion of women photographers. Photography had been long regarded as an exclusive ‘men only’ profession, and some male society and club members threatened to resign if women were granted admittance. Mrs. Ward fired back that these societies should offer women “a fair field and no favor,” and that photography should ultimately be judged by the quality of the work and not the gender of the photographer. ~ http://historiccamera.com/

Clover held a good deal [of] pain, despite her perfect-seeming privileged upbringing, she still was human and had immense feelings of loss. She carried her baggage and photography was a way for her to express herself and her longing for human connection.
~ https://www.oursphotomag.com/blog/marian-hooper-adams-1880

Emma Jane Gay (1830 – March 15, 1919) (also known as E. Jane Gay) was an American woman who devoted her life to social reform and photography. She is notable for her photographs of the Nez Perce, which she took during a federal expedition led by American ethnologist and anthropologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher. ~Wikipedia