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Banmann, Baroness

A Bavarian advocate of women’s rights, who was brought to London to lecture at the “Disabilities.” She lost the control of that organization to Dr. Olivia Q. Feabody, an American exponent of the same reform.

"...a very stout woman, about fifty, with a double chin, a considerable moustache, a low, broad forehead, and bright, round, black eyes, very far apart." - Is He Popenjoy?