Mary Eliza Haweis (1848 - 1898) was a prolific British author, essayist, illustrator and painter as well as a literary scholar and a campaigner in the women’s suffrage movement. She published books and essays on many topics, from art and design to political philosophy and even including children’s guides to Geoffrey Chaucer. She was also a talented artist who exhibited work at the Royal Academy aged just 18, designed her own book jackets, and illustrated many other publications.