Dorothea Dix (USA) & Concepción Arenal (Spain) | Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) became a famed advocate for more humane and effective treatment of mental illness in the United States and Europe (her quote: 'in proportion as we extinguish the terrors of the law, we should awaken and strengthen [to prisioners] the control of the conscience')
Concepción Arenal (1820 - 1893) were extraordinary in a largely traditional Spain, focusing her work on those marginalised in society. She wrote not only extensively on the state of prisons for both men and women, but also on the role of women in society (her quote: 'Open schools and prisons will be closed')