Collection, 1888-1934 (inclusive).

Macmillan, Chrystal

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Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958

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Christabel Pankhurst was an English-born social activist. Along with her sister Sylvia and her mother Emmeline, she became active in the women's suffrage movement by joining the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. They later formed the more radical Women's Social and Political Union. She achieved a law degree but was unable to develop a law career because of her gender. She also lived in the United States and was active in the Second Adventist movement. She published works on women's r...

Gladstone, Helen

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Epithet: daughter of W E Gladstone, Vice-Principal of Newnham College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000295 ...

Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932

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Gertrude Jekyll, one of the most significant names in landscape design, is most famous for creating and consulting on approximately 350 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe, and America. She was one of the first people to rank gardening in the fine arts along with painting, poetry, music, and sculpture. From the description of Wall and water gardens manuscripts and photographs, 1903-1913. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49756819 Gertrude Jekyl...

Ashton, Margarette

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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929

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President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. From the description of Letters : London, to Laurence Housman, 1918 Jan. 18, 1928 Oct. 29, and undated. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25374993 Fawcett was an author and a leader in the women's suffrage movement. From the description of ALS [19--?] April 9 : Lismus, Ireland to "Dear Sir" / M.G. Fawcett. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28013193 Epithet: ...

Booth, William, 1829-1912

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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x00003e Epithet: of the Dublin Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000038 Epithet: founder of the Salvation Army British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x00003c ...

National Union of Townswomen's Guilds

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Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952

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Elizabeth Robins' long, active life (1862-1952) took her in many directions. Robins was American born and reared, but her multiple careers in acting, writing and the women's suffragist movement gave her the opportunity to travel widely and meet several important personalities. In addition to keeping various written records of her experiences, Robins kept photographic documentation of her performances, travels and acquaintances. From the description of Photographic materials, 1852-194...

Lehmann, Liza, 1862-1918

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English singer and composer whose full name was Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica (Lehmann) Bedford. From the description of Letter [n.d.] 28 Abercorn Place, N.W. [London] to Miss Klickman [n.p.] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370436 From the description of Letter [n.d.] Wimbledon [Surrey, England] to [M.S.] Mackinlay[!] [London?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370434 From the description of Letter [n.d.] Portman Mansions, W. [London] ...

Hill, Florence Davenport

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Epithet: writer on childcare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000309 ...

Balfour, Frances, Lady, 1858-1931

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Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904

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English journalist and reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899208 Frances Power Cobbe, English philanthropist, social worker, and religious author, advocate of women's rights, education for poor and neglected children, and anti-vivisectionist. From the description of Correspondence to France Power Cobbe, 1855-1904. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens...

Fawcett, Philippa Garrett, 1868-1948

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Philippa Garrett Fawcett (b. Apr. 4, 1868–d. June 10, 1948) was a British mathematician and educationalist. She was the daughter of suffragist Millicent Fawcett and Henry Fawcett MP, a professor and Postmaster General. She attended Newnham College, Cambridge and became the first woman to obtain the top score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos exams. However, she did not receive the title senior wrangler since she was a woman. She later won the Marion Kennedy scholarship at Cambridge and then a...

Ashwell, Lena, 1872-1957

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Epithet: OBE, actress and director British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x00028c ...

Kontorovitch, Lena.

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Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bromsgrove, to Isabel, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670067 Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929) was a British novelist and short story writer. Although she received very little formal education, she was allowed free run of her parents' library and was known for her strong personality and boundless energy. She married government official Henry Steel in 1867 at the age of twenty, and they left for India ...

Aberdeen, Ishbel, Comtesse d'

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Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)

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The Women's Social and Political Union flourished between 1903 and 1914. It introduced "militancy" to the twentieth-century campaigns for women's suffrage in England. From the description of Women's Social and Political Union broadside honoring Caroline Townsend, 1909. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 310115108 The Union was founded in London in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst to gain suffrage for British women. At first its methods were peaceful; la...

Harriman, B. G.

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Anderson, Adelaide Mary, 1863-1936

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Epithet: Inspector of Factories; DBE 1921 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x00036a ...

Todd, Margaret, 1940-

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Ashby, Margaret Corbett.

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Becker, Lydia, 1827-1890

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Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958

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Epithet: pioneer of birth control British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000171 Pioneer in birth control and sex education, poet. From the description of Letters, 1916-1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515055 Pioneer of birth control and sexual education. From the description of Letters, 1950. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 318...

Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely, 1891-1947

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Epithet: politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000002 ...

Creighton, Louise, 1850-1936

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Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939

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English actor-manager. From the description of Letters signed (2) : Malvern, to W.A. Knight, 1904 May 20 and 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132651 ...

Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1929

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Emmeline Pankhurst (b. July 15, 1858, Manchester, England – d. June 14, 1928, Hampstead, England) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. Born in Moss Side, Manchester to politically active parents, Pankhurst was introduced at the age of 14 to the women's suffrage movement. On 18 December 1879, she married Richard Pankhurst, a barrister known for supporting women's right to vote; they had five children over the next...

Elmy, E. C. Wolstenholme (Elizabeth C. Wolstenholme)

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Gladstone, Herbert.

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Clough, Anne Jemima

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Epithet: founding Principal Newnham College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x0002a6 ...

Oxenham, John, 1852-1941

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Oxenham was an English journalist, novelist and poet. While he wrote under his own name, William Arthur Dunkerley, it was under the Oxenham name that he was most noted. He also used the name Julian Ross for journalism. One of his most known works is the hymn: In Christ there is no east or west. From the description of [Letter] [19]18 Apr. 17, Woodfield House, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W. [to] Miss Jackson / John Oxenham. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 302412274 ...

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836-1917

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x0002e6 British physician and reformer. From the guide to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson letter, 1862, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Smith, E. H.,

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Miss E. H. Smith of Manchester, England, was a collector of autographs. Many of these autographs were collected by Smith for a bazaar held by the Manchester and District Federation of Suffrage Societies in February 1912. From the description of Collection, 1888-1934 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007448 ...

Harraden, Beatrice, 1864-1936

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Beatrice Harraden was an English author and activist for women's suffrage. She attended Queen's College and Bedford College, earning degrees in mathematics and classics. She became a popular author of novels and short stories, and also wrote essays, plays, and children's books. Her fiction generally features strong female characters, reflecting her deep involvement with the women's suffrage movement. She founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 in an effort to facilitate the activi...