12 10 293 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e476cc98829e7b2908253a55a62c56b8.jpg a9b50a7151d8c4ead41cd6ebe30245a7 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 Maud is recorded as 'Suffragist worker' on the 1911 census. Source: The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Suffragist worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 40 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 Sulney Fields, Upper Broughton, near Melton Mowbray 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 Daughter of Alice and Benjamin Dowson, Alice Maud known as Maud Dowson, was very active in suffrage and social work. She stayed living at home with her parents and she particularly helped look after her sister Hester’s children as recorded in 'What Grandmother said' by Alix Meynell one of Hester’s children. On the 1911 census, Maud's occupation is given as 'Suffragist worker' though it is not clear whether this was a paid position. On her death probate went to Bernard Withers Dowson and Alexander Dowson her brothers and the value of her estate was £15,161.7.4. Her ashes are scattered at the family home at Upper Broughton. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: Dame Alix Meynell ''What Grandmother Said': Life of Alice Dowson, 1844-1227' (1998); No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31- 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 Dowson 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(-110955.25340395288 6951330.666444885) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/415248ee96f996760fce793ab305ed4b.JPG 560e550c97fad6e6d3314c7c79666e38 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 Alice Dowson. Source: The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/ad96527143e67d76ecbd91c877eb0317.JPG 1381599813908546c3df01bcd816c424 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 Back of Alice photograph. Source: The Women's Library, LSE. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation None given Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 66 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 Sulney Fields, Upper Broughton near Melton Mowbray 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 Born to a middle-class family in Cheshire Alice moved to Nottingham on marriage to Benjamin Dowson a solicitor (1870 set up Dowson and in 1874 Dowson and Wright) with whom she had 10 children by the age of 34. Alice a Liberal, was active in various social and political matters. She spent four hours in the market place listening to debates re the election in 1866; was active in the campaign to repeal the Contagious Diseases Act; in March 1869 in campaigning to protect women’s property rights and sat on a committee working to allow women to be appointed as Poor Law Guardians. In the 1870s and 1880s, Alice attended various women’s suffrage meetings and became secretary of the Nottingham Women’s Suffrage Society in 1894 though she handed over to her daughter in law Nellie in 1896 due to ill health. In 1906, Alice and Ben moved to Sulney Fields, Upper Boughton near Melton Mowbray (map position approximate) where they were still resident in 1911 as was daughter and suffragist (see) Maud Dowson. Later, the extended family rented a property in Salcombe in Devon which they later brought, and it remained in the family for over 100 years. We know a lot about her activities as her granddaughter published Alice’s diaries ‘What Grandmother said’. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: Dame Alix Meynell ''What Grandmother Said': Life of Alice Dowson, 1844-1227' (1998); No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31-5 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 Alice Dowson 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(-110955.25340395288 6951330.666444885) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c415c463ffe7e14830d1405d650ffe6b.jpg bb19e9a3f94fd08932a1d0811218482c 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 Helen Watts, 1911. Source: www.bathintime.co.uk https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/feee189943ec2dab90dd6bcc412e7a00.jpg 8adf68baada24eb433ee4271dfd1b90a 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 Helen Watts planting tree at at in the Orchard at the Blathwayts home in Bath. Source: www.bathintime.co.uk Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation None given 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 Lenton Vicarage, 35 Church Street, Nottingham 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 Complies Biographical Text Helen Kirkpatrick Watts, was the daughter of the vicar of Lenton. She joined the Nottingham branch of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) after hearing Christabel Pankhurst speak in Nottingham on 9th December 1907. She was arrested at the House of Commons on 24th February 1909 for causing 'wilful obstruction' and when she appeared at Bow Street magistrates court she refused to be bound over to keep the peace and instead went to Holloway Prison for one month. On release she received an enthusiastic reception at Morley's Cafe on Wheeler Gate on 24th March 1909. She was also arrested in July at Nottingham's Albert Hall, but was released without charge. She was again arrested for 'disorderly conduct' in September in Leicester in 1909 at a meeting being addressed by Winston Churchill and in Leicester gaol she went on hunger strike for which she was awarded a medal from the WSPU. On release she gave her first public address on September 17th, again at Morley's Café, speaking of her experiences to great effect. She always wrote home to the Vicarage during this time to keep in touch with her family. Helen wasn't arrested again and may have resigned from the WSPU to join the Women’s Freedom League, because she did not agree with the WSPU’s later arson campaign. In March 1911 Helen stayed at Eagle House Batheaston, the home of the Blathwayts which they opened to those suffragettes recovering from imprisonment. She planted a juniper tree in the Suffragette orchard there and was photographed on 17th March 1911. This clearly meant a lot to her as she revealed in an interview in 1962 that she had carried a sprig of that tree in her purse. A couple of weeks later in April Helen went to stay at her brother's house in Somerset where she was recorded complying with the 1911 census. By 1912 she was training at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath and she nursed Belgian refugees there during WW1. She wrote a novel about this time ‘The Nevilles: a story for Girls’. After the war, Helen worked as a Civil Servant at the Ministry of Pensions though it may have been the War Office or the Ministry of Labour. She visited Canada perhaps to see her sister Ethel, but she returned to live in Somerset where she died aged 91 and is buried in St Vigor's churchyard at Stratton-on-the-Fosse. In the 1970s, a trunk containing various documents was found and the letters and speeches etc are in the Nottingham archives. The Nottingham Women’s History Group planted a tree and installed a commemorative plaque to Helen in the Arboretum in 2017. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: Rowena Edlin-White 'Helen Kirkpatrick Watts: Suffragette' by Piecemeal Pamphlets: No Surrender Nottingham Women's History Group Nottingham Archives; www.bathintime.co.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 Helen Watts 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(-130831.68647523507 6973479.733651238) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/11678c47c3420d31a2389a3430630644.jpg c498b76feca54db9865c98555f123d9c 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 Edith Lees is absent from home, probably evading the census. Source: The National Archives https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/55e9047987d59fe188a72cb3e892e756.JPG cb2f1a0cc0a68310b1b3061285fab4d7 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 8 Ebers Grove, Nottingham. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Probably assisting in Haberdashery business Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 30 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 8 Ebers Grove, Nottingham 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 Edith Annie was born in 1881 at 37 Derby Rd, Nottingham. She married John Lees in 1902 and they had 3 children. The family ran a haberdasher’s business situated at 28-30 Carlton Street. Edith became involved in women's suffrage and her scrapbook has a newspaper report in it of a Resolution in favour of women's suffrage passed by Nottingham Council from 6th February 1911. It also contains a photograph of a production of the 'Pageant of Great Women' performed at the Mechanics Institute in May 1911 with, we believe, her son John Lees Jnr. In 1911, she was living at 8 Ebers Grove, Nottingham, with her husband John, two children and a servant. However, she is absent from the 1911 census and so was likely evading as part of the suffrage census boycott. Given this, and that she was arrested on the 4th March 1912 for wilful damage, after breaking windows in London, Edith was probably a member of the WSPU. She gave a false name Annie Baker - her mother's maiden name and was bound over to keep the peace at Bow Street Magistrates Court. She was tried at Kensington on 19th March and appears to have been discharged on 26th. She was at that time pregnant with her third child so perhaps therefore she was discharged. Edith is on the Roll of Honour of Suffragette Prisoners 1905-1914. Later, she became a founder member of the Nottingham branch of the National Council of Women as did many ex-suffragists and suffragettes seeking to further the cause of women. At a meeting of the 'Nottingham Efficiency Club on 8th December 1920, she speaks on the subject of 'Women in Business' emphasising the benefits having women in business brings saying 'When they have more lady members of Parliament they will be able to use their influence in the right way.' She died in 1964 aged 82 and is buried in Wilford Hill Cemetery in Nottingham. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31-5 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 Edith Lees 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(-127943.38693307723 6977771.00011675) WSPU Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Campaigner 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 The Residence, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham 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 Muriel was born on 25th Feb 1882, the eldest daughter of George Wallis who was Director of the Castle Art Gallery. Her mother was Kate Carey - from a well-known and socially active Nottingham family, including women’s suffrage appearing on the list of Patrons for the East Midland Federation of the NUWSS Fete in 1912 – along with her sister, Henrietta Carey. Muriel was active in the NUWSS and the WSPU from about 1907 and took part in several London processions between 1909-1911. She was arrested for “wilfully obstructing Police whilst in the execution of their duty” on ‘Black Friday’, 18th November 1910 at the Deputation to Parliament. She was bailed for £2 and bound over to keep the peace but not imprisoned. She was almost certainly an evader boycotting the 1911 Census and cannot be located anywhere that night. We also know from her scrapbook that she went to a meeting at Morley’s Cafe on 22 March 1911 at which the speaker, Mrs Simon Massey, said the census offered “an excellent and most logical method of protest.” Muriel was also a member of the National Council of Women and a member of the General Council of the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) with whom she worked for over 25 years. She was also a member of the Guild of Helpers, strongly associated with the work of the Nottingham and Notts Convalescent Homes, and the Social Guild. In 1914 when girls employed in the lace trade were thrown out of work, she opened a shop on Derby Road for some of the girls who successfully found employment manufacturing unbreakable dolls, in a small factory run in the Park-passage [now the eastern end of Lenton Rd. next to the Castle] until 1922. Muriel died on the 21st January 1929 at no. 26 The Ropewalk. Her obituary in the Nottingham Evening Post (23 Jan. 1929) said that “Miss Wallis was well known in the district and engaged herself in social and philanthropic work on an extensive scale”. She is buried in the Carey plot at Church cemetery. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31-5 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 Muriel Wallis 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(-128536.83113841354 6973696.608535201) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/96e54cd89d85e23584d1e3aa2882239b.jpg 6a7f32c5bb67131a863b9a8c1966486e 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 Dr. Sarah Gray. Source: www.nottinghamhospitalshistory.co.uk/page83.html https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7efe7588da74fcf1008c2a06a86b2d24.jpg 17987f231b1b041797bb65ff1080d34a 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: 1911 census, The National Archives Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Surgeon Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 52 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 21 Regent Street, Nottingham 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 was born in Tipperary and from an early age was determined on a medical career at a time when this was seen as eccentric if not improper for a woman. She studied in London but took a qualification in Scotland as London did not award degrees to women. She moved to Nottingham and became the City’s first woman GP facing bitter opposition and hostility. In 1899 she was appointed to the Women’s Hospital and became assistant surgeon in charge of outpatients. Her male colleagues viewed her with mistrust and for a year insisted that a male colleague be present whenever she administered an anaesthetic. She applied to take charge of inpatients but was refused the position being told that her qualifications, despite being the highest open to women, were not high enough. Age 40, she took her FRCSI and in 1902 was appointed surgeon to Nottingham and Notts Convalescent home, medical examiner to the Board of Education, the Education Committee, and surgeon to the Girl’s evening Homes. Sarah was involved with the NUWSS and the National Union of Women Workers. On 1st June 1910, she presided over the NUWSS AGM at the Mikardo café. Her association with the law abiding NUWSS makes it unsurprising that Sarah complied with the 1911 census and did not take part in the boycott of it by some campaigners that year. In 1921-2 Sarah was elected the first president of Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. She was a pioneer among medical women, and against the prevailing times was nonetheless finally recognised for her outstanding abilities. Researched and contributed by the Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31-5; www.nottinghamhospitalshistory.co.uk/page83.html 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 Gray (Dr.) 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(-128859.99162014146 6974332.754617032) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/6cf58d04d8a45b309343fc4ad50d1201.jpg 13c6c07dc7f28dd83af503ab5434bc59 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 Jennie Baines circa 1907-1910. Source: The Women's Library (LSE) ref TWL2002.14. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/2bb0dc852481f4b1c91bbae205a13b02.jpg 95ae781b5766c810f23b1b7da9cdeaad 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 Frederick Pethick Lawrence, Flora Drummond, Jennie Baines and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence c. 1906-1910. Source: The Women's Library (LSE) ref 7JCC/O/02/130. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/9bf3bce0423ac3f9037e687f7a432588.JPG 66d3e5e7d686a4fd170d4b3b33388d28 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 Jennie's home at 66 Chatham Street, Stockport. Source: Google Maps, 2020. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8308650519ce0e588078eb5acabb256b.jpg bac4efd354eee18a3a0f966af0e70c4d 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 Jennie Baines address at Trafalgar Square following release from Armley Gaol, 12 December 1908. Source: https://uonblogs.newcastle.edu.au/anzacherstory/2016/06/20/anti-war-women/jennie-baines-1908/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5d00c8666a373c150cb1953b5755fada.jpg 65626678b6df83ff805d195d4ec0c2a2 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 Jennie Baines in gaol in 1914. Source: Criminal Record Office, held by National Portrait Gallery ref NPG x45565. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a6b4bc5a87ea9c43b22f66bafb8ce152.jpg 537d5c6e6897576abfa775aa38982be1 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 Jennie's 1911 census record. Source: courtesy of The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation None given (but was an organiser for the WSPU) Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 44 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 66 Chatham Street, Stockport 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 Complies Biographical Text Born in Birmingham, Jennie (Sarah Jane) Baines was the daughter of James Hunt, gunmaker, and Sarah Ann. She started working with her mother in a gun factory when she was 11. She later recorded that she was educated in the spirit of rebellion by the Salvation Army. On 16 September 1888, she married a boot-maker, George Baines, and had five children. Only three of them survived childhood. Jennie joined the WSPU in 1903, after witnessing Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney at the Free Trade Hall. In 1906, she went to London as an organizer for the WSPU - asked by Mrs Pankhurst. She was arrested on 13 December 1906 at the entrance to the House of Commons and completed a sentence of 14 days in Holloway prison. In her own words, this experience reinforced her concern for the treatment of women prisoners and made her more of a rebel than ever. After her first imprisonment as a suffragette, Jennie Baines was very active as a full-time organiser for the WSPU, focused on the Midlands and North of England including Leeds and Manchester. She was the main speaker on one of the platforms at the WSPU June 1908 Hyde Park demonstration. That year she wrote a handbill, published by the Woman's Press, titled "The Labour of Married Women: a working woman's reply to Mr John Burns". She was arrested on many occasions over the years, served prison sentences in different gaols where she performed several hunger strikes. The Criminal Record Office considered her a "Known Militant Suffragette" and circulated her photograph and description: 4' 10", brown eyes, dark brown hair. In 1913, Jennie was arrested and sentenced to one month imprisonment. She was warned that her body could not undergo another hunger strike because her health had already deteriorated as a result of her many prison sentences, hunger strikes and subsequent force-feedings. For this reason, Jennie escaped to Australia with her family where her activism continued. She became an organizer for the Women's Political Association, and joined the Socialist party with her husband. She also co-founded the Women's Peace Army and was elected officer in 1917. In 1919, she was arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment in Melbourne. She was the first hunger-striker in Australia and was released within four days. She was a founding member of the Victorian branch of the Communist Party in 1920 but was expelled in 1925. In 1928 she was appointed a Children's Court magistrate in Port Melbourne. In 1911, Jennie was living at 66 Chatham Street, Stockport. Despite her very active profile in the suffragette movement, she did not participate in the census protest in 1911 as her census form (see image) shows. There is no clear evidence of the reasons behind her decision not to participate in the boycott, but it may have been due to the economic situation of her family (taking part in the boycott carried a potential fine), the lack of support networks for the protest in her local area, or that her own priorities as an activist were closer to working class women’s issues, which the census, recording things like overcrowding and child deaths, could be used to argue for social reform. She was described thus in the WSPU newspaper 'Votes for Women': 'A woman whose soul is filled with passionate desire to rescue the oppressed, who hates compromise, who is a stranger to fear - such a woman is Mrs Baines'. Jennie Baines died in 1951. Sources: Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester: Manchester Uni Press, 2014); Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 (Routledge, 1999); J Smart, Baines [née Hunt], Sarah Jane [Jennie] (1866–1951), suffragette and social reformer. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 26 Aug. 2020; Votes For Women, 23 August, 1912. Contributed by Oihane Etayo, 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 Jennie Baines 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(-241362.251987433 7058043.58294351) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5878288b530d57d2f48de3983ba09190.jpg 5a9a6f7e627edec4f95246319c8432d8 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: Obituary Kate Close 1926 CLWS paper https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8d70f0aa75a443f879d42b36a6dd0d62.jpg 2f5a472e5d530fa69efe626b2515143b 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 CLWS General council meeting, July 1913 in Brighton. Kate is pictured centre (annotated 8). Source: The Women's Library, LSE. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Governess Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 40 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove, Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Katherine Louisa Naomi Close (1871-1926) or Kate Close was born in Leeds in 1871 to Prudence and Richard Close, clergyman. After 1901 she lived in Worthing and Hove. Kate was a governess and a born organiser. She was secretary of the Worthing branch of the Children’s Union of the Church of England Waifs’ and Strays’ Society in June 1907, increasing membership from six to sixty children in a few months. In 1911, Kate was living in Hove, Sussex with her mother, aunt and sisters Evelyne and Ethel at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove. Her married sister (see) Elizabeth Close Shipham, living in Lewisham, often visited. Her brother, Richard Bevill Middleton Close was a clergyman in Middlesborough. Kate’s involvement in the Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) seems to have started through her sister, Elizabeth who was on the Executive Committee. Kate Close spoke on prison reform to the Brighton and Hove CLWS in October 1911. In ‘Votes for Women’ in November 1911, Kate offered to copy extracts from articles in Braille. Kate evaded the government's 1911 census staying away from her home at 48 Rutland Gardens - as did her sister Elizabeth in Lewisham. Their mother, Prudence had two of Elizabeth’s children staying with her there, and their sisters Evelyne and Ethel, aunt Naomi and the Swiss-born servant, Jeanne were all recorded as suffrage workers there. At the AGM in February 1912, the Brighton and Hove CLWS elected Kate Close as Branch Secretary. Meetings were held at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove until an office was rented in Brighton in 1913. Kate arranged bicycle rides to surrounding villages to hold open air meetings twice weekly in the summer of 1912. The CLWS General Council meeting in July 1913 was held in Brighton and Hove, organised by Kate and the committee. The programme involved a public reception, church services and General Council meeting. Kate wrote: ‘The Reception was a financial success but the success was also there of added spiritual zeal and increased enthusiasm for the Cause’. Her organisational skills were praised by Rev. Claude Hinscliff in his meeting report. Kate remained Branch Secretary until the closure of the office in 1919. She became secretary of the Brighton branch of the Women’s Freedom League in 1923. Kate Close died in 1926. Her obituary described her as a skillful artist, expert teacher, untiring cyclist, excellent swimmer and loyal colleague. It went on to give more insights into her ‘unique personality’ in glowing terms (see image). Researched & contributed by local and family historian Margaret Scott who is related to the Shipham family. 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 Katherine (Kate) Close 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(-20515.402913909 6591657.94446408) CLWS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/f984166b7d584d26f707c2d7aa56c883.jpg 0d50e56efbda4045f43b1a2489e9fe2f Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Domestic nurse, author and suffrage worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 36 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove, Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Evelyne Charlotte Middleton Close (1875-1935) was born in Plumstead, the third of five children of Prudence and Richard Close, clergyman. In 1901 Evelyne was a domestic nurse in the household of Rev. Frederick Lewis Donaldson, his wife Sarah and their five children in St. Mark’s, Leicester. While in Leicester, Evelyne joined the Women’s Social and Political Union. She spoke in support of Mrs Pankhurst at a meeting in September 1907. In February 1908 at Welford Coffee House, Leicester, Evelyne moved a resolution calling for the release of members of the Women’s Freedom League sentenced to imprisonment. According to ‘Votes for Women’, she contributed 2s 6d to the £20,000 fund in April 1908. By 1911 Evelyne was living at 48, Rutland Gardens, Hove with her mother Prudence, aunt Naomi and sisters, Kate and Ethel. On the census form, Evelyne describes herself as a domestic nurse, author and suffrage worker. In the column headed ‘Infirmity’ the word ‘Disenfranchised’ was written making Evelyne along with her sister Ethel census resisters. Her older sister Katherine Close evaded the 1911 census for 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove as did her married sister (see) Elizabeth Close Shipham in Lewisham. Evelyne Close’s first novel ‘The Harvest’ was published in 1911 and was advertised in ‘The Vote’. In October 1911 she gave a speech to Greenwich Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) where her sister, Elizabeth was Branch secretary. At the AGM in February 1912, the Brighton and Hove CLWS elected Katherine Close Branch Secretary so sisters Evelyne and Ethel also joined the committee. Meetings were held at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove until an office was rented in Brighton in 1913. The CLWS General Council meeting was held in July 1913 in Brighton and Hove and organised by Katherine Close and the rest of the committee. Evelyne’s employer in 1901, Rev Frederick Lewis Donaldson, attended the meeting. Evelyne gave a lecture on infant mortality in January 1914 to the CLWS. She published ‘The Roll of Honour’ in 1915, one of the earliest novels to reflect the war and it received good reviews. Evelyne went on to publish several more novels throughout her career. She died in Hove in 1935. Researched & contributed by local and family historian Margaret Scott who is related to the Shipham family. 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 Evelyne Close 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(-20515.402913909 6591657.94446408) CLWS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e46638818a7e4171c0d72a50c26800b4.png 16a225c471173b2f7584b2af6d3c54d9 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove. Source: Google Maps 2020. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/aac0f1bb392af2cf2590a14b9f84cd2d.jpg 0d50e56efbda4045f43b1a2489e9fe2f 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 Domestic nurse and suffrage worker 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove, Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Ethel Prudence Scaife Close (1876-1957) was born in 1876 in Ealing, the fourth daughter of Prudence and Richard Close, clergyman. The family lived in Hammersmith, Eastbourne, Worthing and Hove. With her three sisters, Ethel was involved in good causes and helped organise a fair and sale of work in Worthing in 1907 in aid of the Children’s Union of the Church of England Waifs’ and Strays’ Society. In 1911 Ethel was living at 48, Rutland Gardens, Hove with her mother Prudence, aunt Naomi and sisters, Katherine and Evelyne. Her two nephews, children of her married sister, (see) Elizabeth Close Shipham, were also staying the night of the government's 1911 census survey. On the census form, Ethel describes herself as a domestic nurse and suffrage worker. In the column headed ‘Infirmity’ the word ‘Disenfranchised’ was written qualifying Ethel as a resister. Her older sisters, Katherine Close who lived at 48 Rutland Gardens, and Elizabeth Close Shipham who lived in Lewisham, both evaded the 1911 census. Meetings of the Brighton and Hove branch of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) were held at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove until an office was rented in Brighton in 1913. At the AGM in February 1912, the Brighton and Hove CLWS branch elected Katherine Close as Branch Secretary with sisters Ethel and Evelyne also on the committee. Ethel and Katherine remained on the committee in 1913. A interesting lecture held in April 1913 was curiously entitled ‘Dangers in Pleasure Resorts for Resident Girls’. The CLWS General Council meeting was held in July 1913, hosted by the Brighton and Hove Branch. The programme involved a public reception, church services and the General Council meeting and the organisation of the event was praised by Rev. Claude Hinscliff. The CLWS office was sub-let to the Royal Marines in 1915 as part of the war effort. Ethel lived at the same address until her death in 1957. Researched & contributed by local and family historian Margaret Scott who is related to the Shipham family. 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 Ethel Close 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(-20515.402913909 6591657.94446408) CLWS