In this week's blog post, I mark International Women's Day 2016 by highlighting some of the most transformational and celebrated women in the Deceased Online database. Today, Tuesday 8th March, is International Women's Day 2016 . This year's theme is gender parity in the spheres of society, the economy, culture and politics. While work is still needed to help today's women advance equal to their numbers in these areas, there remains much to celebrate in the achievements of women in the past. Society Mary (Morris) Knowles (1733-1807) is buried in Bunhill Fields , London. Although she was a significant social reformer and radical thinker of the late 18th century, she has been overlooked in recent times. Self-portrait done in needlwork of Mary Morris Knowles, c.1776 ( Royal Collection ) Born into a prosperous Quaker family in Staffordshire in 1733, the young Mary Morris grew up a strong-minded girl and was well-educated in the Classics, po...