Frances Power Cobbe Quotes


I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.


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Cobbe, Frances Power. Life of Frances Power Cobbe, By Herself. Vol. 1, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1894, p. 44.

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Frances Power Cobbe
Frances Power Cobbe
  • Born: December 4, 1822
  • Died: April 5, 1904
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Writer, Social Reformer

Frances Power Cobbe was an Irish writer, 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.