Rose Scott

Rose Scott was an Australian women's rights activist who advocated for women's suffrage and universal suffrage in New South Wales at the turn-of-the twentieth century. She founded the Women's Political Education League in 1902 which campaigned successfully to raise the age of consent to sixteen.

8 October 1847

Born on the same birth day (8 October): Bret Lott • Emiel Puttemans • John Clarke (Baptist minister) • Kirk Alyn • Stanley Bates

Born in the same month (October 1847): Annie Besant • Frits Thaulow • Galileo Ferraris • Giuseppe Giacosa • Koos de la Rey • Maria Pia of Savoy • Paul von Hindenburg