Activism Archives - Page 137 of 193

Caroline Townshend

British stained glass artist and suffragist

Ruth Cavendish Bentinck

Founder of the Cavendish Bentinck Library, Ruth was involved with the National Federation of Women Workers and the Fabian Society. She was also a keen supporter of the women’s suffrage movement.

Alison Neilans

Alison went to prison three times for her suffragette actions.

Annie Kenney

British suffragist

Alice Clark

British suffragist and pacifist

Edith Morley

Edith Morley was a scholar in English literature, the first woman appointed to a Chair in a British university level institution

Vera Douie

During her 41 years at the Women’s Library, she had developed it from a few bookcases for the use of members into a major research collection.

Rosa May Billinghurst

British suffragist

Flora Murray

British doctor and suffragette during the early 20th century

Maureen Colquhoun

Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North