# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-steel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:22:18.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-steel"
name: "Barbara Steel"
slug: "barbara-steel"
description: "Barbara Steel was a Scottish social activist who actively campaigned for Women's Suffrage in both the United Kingdom and South Africa. She was the first woman to stand in an election for the Edinburgh Town Council, when she ran in the 1907 election. Steel moved to South Africa in 1911 and at the beginning of World War I founded an organization to provide aid to South African soldiers and their families. She was honored as an Officer in the Order of the British Empire for her civil service. In addition, she served as president of the Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union from 1916 until 1930, fighting for women's right to vote in South Africa."
tagline: "Scottish-South African suffragette"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1857"
deathDate: "1943-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.89
  momentum:             24.64912280701754
  historical:           6.537365333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "باربرا ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steel"
    title: "Barbara Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60512350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump