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* '''John Stuart Mill''', 1806-1873
* '''John Stuart Mill''', 1806-1873
** British politician, philosopher; supported women's suffrage; proponent of utilitarianism (the idea of maximal "utility" to create maximum benefit)
** British politician, philosopher; supported women's suffrage; proponent of utilitarianism (the idea of maximal "utility" to create maximum benefit)
* '''Thomas Paine'''
** radical, pro-revolution
** wrote "Common Sense"
* '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''', 1815-1902
* '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''', 1815-1902
** women's suffrage; organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
** women's suffrage; organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention