British Woman Freethinker - Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner was not just the daughter of the famous atheist, secularist MP Charles Bradlaugh, she was a notable activist, writer, atheist editor and educator in her own right, celebrated in the book edited by Annie L Gaylor - "Women Without Superstition, "No Gods, No Masters" - They lived in modest style for 'placing unpopular causes ahead of creature comforts.'

She gave talks in numerous provincial cities, was an ardent opponent of the death penalty and proponent of penal reform. She was a political liberal and peace activist, and founded the Rationalist Peace Society in 1910, and campaigned for the repeal of the blasphemy laws with progressives of the day including Bertrand Russell.