Gawthorpe, Mary Eleanor, 1881-1973.

British suffragist, born in Leeds (Yorkshire); at first she worked with the Women's Labour League, then became an organizer for the Women's Social and Political Union from 1906 to 1912. She was a highly effective speaker and organizer, and was especially active in the North of England. In 1911, she joined with Dora Marsden to start a new journal, "The Freewoman," which sometimes found itself at odds with WSPU leaders, including the Pankhursts. In 1912, the issue of forced feeding of suffragette prisoners became increasingly important to her, and she led a petition drive in protest of the practice. Gawthorpe's own health had been affected by hunger strikes and forced feedings in prison, and after 1912 she was too ill to go on being active in the movement. In 1916 she moved to the United States, where she was involved in a number of American social and political movements, including women's suffrage and labor education. During 1917 and 1918 she worked with the New York State Women Suffrage Party. She married John Sanders in 1921, and published a memoir of her early life and her work in the British suffrage movement, "Up hill to Holloway," in 1962.

From the description of Mary E. Gawthorpe : papers, 1881-1990 (bulk 1907-1933). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476099468

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