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Vesper Holly is 16 at the start of The Illyrian Adventure

She is a polymath: in addition to familiarity with languages, she is familiar with the works of the French philosopher Rousseau, political writings of Thomas Jefferson, electrical engineering (The Philadelphia Adventure], and chemistry 9citation) Vesper Holly supports Women's suffrage in the United States; she is indignant that the American feminist Susan B. Anthony faces prison for supporting women's right to vote She also supports oppressed groups'

In The Illyrian Adventure, she supports equal rights of the oppressed Illyrians to the Zentan King Osman (citation) In The El Dorado Adventure, she tries to use her property rights to protect the Chirica Indians' land from being dug and flooded to create a canal (the Panama Canal had not been dug yet in 18-- when the book is set)

In The Drackenberg Adventure, she supports Drackenberg's independence against the bigger, wealthier Carpatia that Helvitius wants to absorb it.

In The Philadelpia Adventure, she triers to prevent Dr. Helvitius from owning the rights to the royalties from Brazil's natural resources.