In the period between 1918 and 1928, the WFL in Swansea produced two prominent activists in Emily Frost Phipps and her close friend Clara Neal, who were founder members of their branch. Phipps and Neal were teachers and activists, both serving as president of the National Union of Women Teachers and used that platform to press for equal franchise.[101] Phipps also used her position as editor of the Woman Teacher to urge her colleagues to support public meetings and demonstrations.[102]