10 10 286 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/d2a7cf2f256061c576142971bcccbb8c.jpg 02568a0d3e6e7b10f12b9f74dc6be694 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Agnes Bales circa 1910. Source: Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic, 3 December, 1910. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Clerk to fine art publisher Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 35 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 5 Blenheim Place (now 37 Bath Parade) Cheltenham Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WFL Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Agnes Bales was the only child of a respectable upper-working class family - her father being a domestic gardener but affording a large terraced house near the middle of the town. It is not known when she became involved in women's suffrage activities. She isn't named locally until being pictured alongside other key suffrage activists and the Mayoress, at a Sale of Work at the Town Hall - although she had written a letter to the London Daily News in February 1907, lamenting the lack of courtesy of 'gentlemen'. Agnes evaded the 1911 government census survey as part of the suffrage boycott and was probably with either Miss Eamonson and Miss Boult in College Road, or, at Miss Bardsley's Food Reform Guest House - both nearby and sheltering evaders. Agnes' claim to fame was her arrest in February 1913 for placarding a pillar-box in central Cheltenham and she is listed as one of only two Cheltenham prisoners in the Suffragette Fellowship Roll of Honour. She and Miss Boult and Miss Eamonson had been seen by a policeman sticking placards on a street lamp and pillar-boxes and were all prosecuted under a section of the Post Office Act. In court, Agnes had the confidence to point out that their act had not been destructive like those of the 'very militant' section of the movement (Cheltenham Examiner, 6 March, 1913). She was found guilty, refused to pay the 10s. fine and said she had 'no special property' to be distrained as she lived with her parents. Therefore, she was imprisoned for 14 days. Presumably, Agnes continued in her career, as the 1939 Register lists her as a retired publisher's secretary. She also retained her friendship with Ruth Eamonson as she and her widowed mother moved to a house next door to her in 1927. Agnes later moved back to Norfolk where she had been born, apparently with the help of the considerable legacy of £1,200 left to her in 1933 by a wealthy friend in the theosophy movement. She died in Norfolk in 1939. Researched and contributed by Sue Jones author of 'Votes for Women: Cheltenham and the Cotswolds' (The History Press, 2018). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agnes Bales Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-230706.86164967497 6781372.25016863) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a56abe5367deba1131ca794dbc60feb6.JPG fd9e31aa8feba6752aa66f79fd519e0e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Mother Ruth and daughter Theodora, circa 1913. Source: Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic, 2 August, 1913. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/0423b89f5ad80c6b8af0697bfa2d64c1.jpg 197f91d08e90230d7c9a20a16c878d9b Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Private means Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 67 & 37 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Widowed & Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Lowmandale (59) Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Mother and daughter, Ruth and Theodora Mills, claimed to have been interested in the cause long before Theodora became Honorary Secretary of the Cheltenham branch of the law abiding NUWSS in 1902 - a post she retained for the remainder of the society's life time. Ruth and Theodora campaigned in the villages outlying their home in Cheltenham and experienced some rough treatment in so doing. Ruth, a frail woman, had to be rescued by a policeman when the 1913 NUWSS Pilgrimage met a stormy reception. Theodora was involved in deputations, letter-writing and dramatic and musical roles for suffrage social gatherings. She wrote the words to five songs which were included in the WSPU's 1907 Song Sheet and her words set to the tune of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' won an international competition. She took pride in the society's banners and presented one which she used in the June 1908 London demonstration, to what is now the Wilson Museum in the town. In a local test case of 1909, Ruth and Theodora with six others, claimed a parliamentary vote: this was largely a WFL initiative and, somewhat unusually in a time of greater differentiation between suffragists and suffragettes, both Mills ladies were still on the WFL committee before its local leader, Florence Earengey, decided to break ties with other societies. Their census resistance in 1911 was also unusual among local NUWSS members. Generally, NUWSS members as law abiding suffragists, complied with the census. Ruth Mills wrote across the form 'I did not pass the night of April 2nd, 1911 in this dwelling nor arrived during Monday morning. House being locked and left empty. and do not know how many if any persons did so.' Mother and daughter continued to live in the family house with Theodora often writing letters to the local press, either about the history of women's suffrage or about her vegetarian beliefs. Ruth Mills died in 1922 and Theodora in 1958. Researched and contributed by Sue Jones author of 'Votes for Women: Cheltenham and the Cotswolds' (The History Press, 2018). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ruth and Theodora Mills Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-231290.62105931365 6778474.565344941) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/404f999ba3ec78a5c9dbd5943f023286.jpg 53c24ff3d05be4bff754687b7d7ff2aa https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/aeeb3ede82131c3e50f7b829d2df6682.jpg 25116a971a87d93254f35adb24d9bd66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Stock House by J.H Le Keux. Source: Hutchins History of Dorset, 1868. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Suffragist Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 51 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Stock House, Sturminster, Dorset Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Innes Elisabeth Skinner (1859-1944) was born on 22 April 1859 at 57 Eccleston Square - the London townhouse of her parents Charles Binny Skinner (1808-1889), a partner in Jardine, Skinner & Co. of Calcutta, and Frances Mary Andrewes (1827-1900). Innes was one of nine children (5 girls & 4 boys) and was probably educated at home (the 1871 census lists a French Governess). From 1867 to 1897 the family owned The Chantry, a large mansion near Ipswich. In 1887, Innes married the Rev. Cecil George Paget (1853-1929), then vicar of Holt in Dorset. They had nine children, although one son died at 8 weeks old and three sons were killed in the First World War. From 1905 to 1917 Cecil was Rector of Stock Gaylard, a small parish in north Dorset. The family lived on the Stock Gaylard estate at Stock House, a small Georgian country house surrounded by 80 acres of deer park. In April 1909, Innes was a founder committee member of the Sherborne branch of the NUWSS and in the 1911 census she gave her occupation as ‘suffragist’. In August 1916, Innes gave an address to the newly founded branch of the Women’s Union in the neighbouring parish of Fifehead Neville, Dorset. Innes may have inherited her interest in women’s rights from her mother who is known to have hosted events in support of the Irish Distressed Ladies’ Fund (1892) and for the House of Training for Lady Workers for the Mission Field (1900). Innes passed this interest on to her youngest daughter Cecily Innes Paget (1902-1979) who went on to teach at the Tumelong Mission in Pretoria, South Africa. A distant relative of the family, Dame Shirley Paget Marchioness of Anglesey, was National Chair of the NFWI from 1966 to 1969. From 1917 to 1922 Cecil was Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire where he commissioned a village war memorial on which their three sons who died in the First World War are commemorated. In 1922, Cecil and Innes retired to 70, Woodstock Road, Oxford, where Cecil died in 1929, and Innes died, aged 85, on 29 December 1944. Researched and contributed by Rachel Hassall. 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Title A name given to the resource Innes Elisabeth Paget Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-266528.4329009977 6605782.188775864) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5b4b556611c4d466ddfbd77a03820bbb.jpg 78bfa8b304265a9b4f83798917d49fda Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Wife Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 27 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Southover Grange, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Eva was born in 1884, in Alverstoke, Hants. In 1908, she married London barrister, Thorold Stewart-Jones and moved to Southover Grange in Lewes where, in 1911, the couple lived with Thorold's mother, their children and a retinue of servants. Eva was the first president of the Lewes Women’s Suffrage Society (affiliated to the NUWSS) and in 1910, she tried (unsuccessfully) to persuade Lewes’ new MP, William Campion, to support women’s rights. Eva was also a member of the Church of England Temperance Society and a delegate to its national conference in Brighton. She and her husband had four children and Eva was pregnant with a fifth when Thorold was killed in the First World War on the Western Front in 1915. She erected a war memorial to the fallen from Southover, outside Southover Church, and her husband’s name also appears on the Lewes war memorial. Eva died on the 31st of May 1942, in Chelsea. Contributed by Dr. Diana Wilkins, freelance art historian and curator. For more see Frances Stenlake ' The Lady Fired Splendidly: Lewes and the Women's Suffrage Campaign' Sussex Archaeological Collections 152 (2014) 139-152. Available for free via https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eva Stewart-Jones Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(1030.818484602222 6598448.759661814) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/937a5e63565895fe1f12103e5942853d.png efdf54625ca1c993312cd2fe71cd597b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Greta takes to task false allegations diminishing suffrage activity in Lewes. Source: Sussex Agricultural Express, 29 March, 1912, p. 2. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Nurse and author lecturing on health and nutrition Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 34 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 15 High Street, Southover, Lewes Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Born in 1869 in India of Irish parents, Greta Allen, a member of the Irish Women’s Franchise League, lived at 15 Southover High Street, Lewes and became a paid organiser of the WSPU in Brighton. As an authority on public health, she had been lecturing in Ireland and in England since the early 1890s, and was in the Lewes area by 1908. By 1910, Greta was speaking at Brighton and Hove WSPU meetings and was arrested with WSPU treasurer Beatrice Sanders outside Nos.10 and 11 Downing Street in November that year. Greta’s one-month prison sentence for willful damage qualified her in January 1912, to wear prison uniform to the annual Fancy Dress Ball held by the Mayor of Lewes, and, at the British Medical Association Conference on crime and punishment in Brighton in July 1913, to describe the prison conditions endured by suffragettes. Greta took over as WSPU organiser in Brighton after the death of Mary Clarke on Christmas Day 1910, and at a meeting at the YMCA hall on the Steine in April 1911, she advocated the WSPU policy of evading the Government’s 1911 Census as the only dignified attitude for women who, without the vote, were classed with lunatics and imbeciles. Beyond Brighton, she addressed meetings across the south from Plymouth to Hastings, and in September 1912 spoke at Phoenix Park, Dublin with the WSPU’s ‘General’ Flora Drummond. In June 1913, Greta required police rescue when her attempt to rally local support for Beatrice Sanders, then briefly imprisoned in Lewes, met with dangerously aggressive opposition. Later that summer, she was the WSPU ‘English Riviera organiser’, sending her reports to the WSPU newspaper Suffragette from Torquay. When she resigned as WSPU organiser in Brighton at the end of 1913, it was to resume work as a health lecturer in Sussex until at least 1916. Contributed by Dr. Diana Wilkins, freelance art historian and curator. For more see Frances Stenlake ' The Lady Fired Splendidly: Lewes and the Women's Suffrage Campaign' Sussex Archaeological Collections 152 (2014) 139-152. Available for free via https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greta Allen Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant |3|0.0000000|0.0000000|osm POINT(440.3947946739606 6598154.428599669) WSPU Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Not known Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 45 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census The Acorn, Spout Hill, Rotherfield, East Sussex. Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Maud Roll lived at The Acorn, a house built in the grounds of Oakdene, the home of her friend and fellow campaigner (see) Violet Honnor Morten. Maud appears to have been a member of the WSPU who joined the Women’s Tax Resistance League (WTRL), formed in 1909 of militant and constitutional campaigners. In 1911, she appears to have taken part in the WSPU boycott of the Census. Another Rotherfield resident, Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, had long railed against the taxing of unenfranchised women, and it was just months after her death in January 1912 that the Kent and Sussex Courier reported that Maud Roll would be the district’s first WTRL ‘martyr’. She would be supported by WTRL secretary Mrs Kineton-Parkes, MLWS (Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage) secretary Dr Charles Drysdale, of Heathfield, and Honnor Morten. The following week the Crowborough Weekly called the ‘No Vote, No Taxes Sale’ a unique event in Rotherfield history. Six silver teaspoons belonging to Maud Roll were auctioned and at the meeting held on the spot and chaired by Honnor Morten, Mrs Kineton Parkes’ standard resolution - that women were justified in refusing to pay taxes until the Government granted them the vote on equal terms with men - was seconded by Drysdale and carried with one dissentient. The spoons were returned to Maud Roll that evening by Dr Helen Webb, who lived across the lane from Maud Roll and Honnor Morten and was secretary of the Rotherfield and Mark Cross branch of the NUWSS. The spoons were a present from her committee. The following year in 1913, the supportive Daily Herald carried a notice of a public auction and protest meeting to be held at Mark Cross on 24th May. The Kent and Sussex Courier reported that Maud Roll and Honnor Morten had again refused to pay their taxes and had yielded to the police a silver salver and a gold ring for public auction. These items were sold from a wagonette on the village street where a crowd of more than 150 people assembled. Immediately after this second distraint sale, another protest meeting was held by the WTRL. Maud Roll presided, declaring that she and Honnor Morten would be at Mark Cross crossroads every year until they won the right to vote. The large crowd was also addressed by Anne Cobden Sanderson, founder member of the WTRL, and by Reginald Pott of the MLWS. In June 1914 Maud Roll was the subject of a third distraint sale, when a silver dish was auctioned in the Pantiles Assembly Rooms, Tunbridge Wells. The protest meeting held outside on the Common afterwards, was addressed both by Mrs Kineton-Parkes and by Mrs Cavendish Bentinck of the New Constitutional Society for Women’s Suffrage. The following month Maud Roll, who moved into Oakdene following Honnor Morten’s death, hosted a meeting there of Dr Helen Webb’s NUWSS branch - the speaker being Ada Nield Chew, a former factory worker, now a NUWSS working women’s organizer, who was listened to with great interest by the audience, many of whom were cottagers. From 1924 until 1934 Maud Roll was to serve on the Uckfield Rural Council as one of the three members for Rotherfield, and as a JP from 1931, until she moved to Tunbridge Wells in the early 1940s. Contributed by Frances Stenlake, Sussex suffrage researcher. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maud Roll Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(26009.264686672042 6630600.906089321) WSPU Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Social worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 50 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Oakdene, Spout Hill, Rotherfield, East Sussex. Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Honnor trained as a midwife and lectured and wrote extensively on health care, The Nurse’s Dictionary being among her many publications. The newspapers and periodicals to which she contributed included the WSPU’s Votes for Women. She was elected to the London School Board in 1897. An active social worker, Honnor had Oakdene designed and built for use as a holiday home for disabled London children. Like (see) Maud Roll, Honnor seems to have supported the WSPU, then joined the Women’s Tax Resistance League (WTRL). In 1911, she too appears to have taken part in the WSPU boycott of the Census in protest at women’s exclusion from the franchise. Honnor supported Maud Roll’s first public act of tax resistance in 1912, as reported in the local papers - the Kent and Sussex Courier and the Crowborough Weekly. In 1913, the supportive Daily Herald carried a notice of another public auction and protest meeting to be held at Mark Cross on 24th of May. According to the Kent and Sussex Courier, Honnor and Maud had again refused to pay their taxes and had yielded to the police a silver salver and a gold ring for public auction. The Daily Herald described these items being sold from a wagonette on the village street attended by a crowd of more than 150 people. Immediately after this second distraint sale, the usual protest meeting was held by the WTRL at which Maud Roll presided. However, Honnor was absent from this meeting because of illness. Obituaries in the Times, the Kent and Sussex Courier and Votes for Women (see images) paid tribute to the indomitable enthusiasm with which, while her health and strength lasted, Honnor advocated and fought for the causes in which she believed in the face of all opposition. Contributed by Frances Stenlake, Sussex suffrage researcher. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Violet Honnor Morten Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(26009.264686672042 6630600.906089321) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3ba78c36fdef444c818223fa8f69f1ee.jpg f2829fe0179e6d3d8d12be67c9be2cf1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Source: The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Suffragette Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 35 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 474 Foleshill Road, Coventry Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Mary lived with her husband Robert who was a Brass Founder. As head of household, it is likely Robert filled in the couples 1911 census form. Hence, most of the required details have been given correctly - but not all. Most likely at his wife's request, Robert has written 'suffragette' as Mary's occupation. This qualifies her as a 1911 census resister taking part in the suffragette boycott of the government survey that year in protest at not having the vote. Taking part was a substantial risk for working women as such action could incur a fine and even imprisonment. As a 'suffragette', Mary was most likely a member of the WSPU who opened a branch in Coventry 1908 with an office in Earl Street. At this stage we know little else about Mary. Could you help? Foleshill Road has undergone significant redevelopment and renumbering so it's unlikely Mary's home still exists. Researcher: Tara Morton. Coventry research funded by Warwick University. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Munden Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-166525.4088666638 6878846.728565333) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/532ff021b5741e166a3644182bb808ac.png 8f1898507c08eb394775d44ceca4667c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Source: The Midland Daily Telegraph, 10 February 1939, p. 7. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/677e500882d203c5a0ccad0cd37a9576.jpg 3686308d235c97574059285e5f69ec54 Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Dress maker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 48 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 58A Cromwell Street, Coventry Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Sarah lived with her husband - a store keeper - her daughter, and a boarder in a small 5 roomed house in Coventry in 1911. She remained there for the rest of her life until her death in 1944. As a dress maker, Sarah's wages would have been meagre so extra income from a lodger must have been welcome especially in 1911 when her husband injured himself and was unable to work. In fact, 1911 was something of an annus horribilis for Sarah. In April 1911, she was fined 2s 6d in court for non payment of a dog license which she made clear was solely due to a fall in trade which meant she was unable to afford one. The fine must have compounded the family's poverty. Earlier, in January 1911, she had appeared in court to support a summons she submitted against her husband for assault. She described how her husband kicked her in the side, picked up a chair and 'threatened to bash her head in with it'. He counter claimed that the argument started because she was trying to put him in the Workhouse due to his injury and inability to work, and now she was trying to put him in prison. Ultimately, he was bound over for 6 months and was ordered to pay all costs. The stress of poverty on their marriage and family is evident in these two court appearances. There are few contemporary accounts of Sarah's votes for women activity. However, she is described in a 1930's newspaper report as having been a 'suffragette' but was in fact a 'suffragist' belonging to the Coventry branch of the law abiding NUWSS - the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society. In the newspaper interview, Sarah eschews suffragette militancy saying - 'People get resentful of a movement that only causes trouble. Nothing ever came of violence'. Nevertheless, she recalls that one of her most exciting moments as a suffrage campaigner came at a mass meeting in nearby Warwick, where she arrived late and was mistaken for the WSPU suffragette leader, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst! Sarah claimed to have been greeted with both enthusiastic cheering and jeering from the crowd in equal measure. Sarah and her husband did not see eye to eye over the suffrage campaign either. She recalled that her husband was opposed to 'Votes for Women' but she was resolute, stating: 'it made no difference to me. It is only right that women should have the vote'. Asked if she would do it all again, Sarah replied with an emphatic - 'I would'. Cromwell Street where Sarah lived has been partially demolished, redeveloped and renumbered so identifying whether Sarah's house still survives is problematic. Contributor/Researcher: Tara Morton. Coventry research funded by Warwick University. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sarah Wanley Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-166259.72263802448 6876730.479080994) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/0ba95007250e113d937b3c6182dddb65.jpg 0a1679a065123e8ebdaf3d7dbe1e31fb Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Secretary Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 29 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 76 Holyhead Road, Coventry Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Averal was born in Coventry in 1882 and by 1911 was living with her brother (a solicitor) her mother, an aunt, and two servants at 76 Holyhead Road. She joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) - a local branch of the large and law abiding NUWSS - becoming its Honorary Secretary. Averal was also Honorary Secretary and committee member of another local society - the Coventry branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now the RSPCA) organizing its competitions and entries for the city's May Day parade. As a law abiding suffragist, Averal complied with the government's 1911 census choosing not to take part in the suffragette boycott of the survey that year. In 1913, she wrote a series of articles exploring women's role in the politics of local government, published in the newspaper The Coventry Herald. Through her role in and with the help of the CWSS, Averal was central in founding the Tipperary Club in February 1915, located in the city's Old Palace Yard. The club provided all manner of help and support for the wives and mothers of local soldiers and sailors caught up in the First World War. Its services included invaluable free childcare facilities and health advice from Doctors, as well as providing reading material, refreshments and fortnightly entertainment for women and children. Averal's legacy via the Tipperary Club was felt for many years in Coventry. So positive was its impact on the local community during the 1914-18 War, that it was revived during the Second World War. Averal remained interested in expanding women's role in political life. When women finally got the vote on the same terms as men in 1928, Averal stood as a Labour candidate for Coventry City Council - narrowly missing out by 46 votes to the Conservative candidate. She had by then moved to Lion's House, Allesley, where she compiled a history of Old Allesley and was active in the local Women's Institute there (meetings were held at the Parish Rooms) among other parish work. Sadly, her contribution to local women's causes was cut short. Averal suffered an untimely death aged just 47 due to complications following an operation for appendicitis. Researcher: Tara Morton. Coventry research funded by Warwick University. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Averal Wilks Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-170527.32229622678 6875324.554322377) NUWSS