18 10 286 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/1d7079fd4e01ff9c279ecfc2da711281.jpg cfd2994e9a727b54b65ab633adb69767 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 Nina Boyle. Source: The Women's Library, TWL 2009 02 47. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/db12f4be6f173773430444678f9ec394.jpg d2e20ae9afad461a5ad7ca34029fc7ab 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 Courtesy: The National Archives 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 46 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 Flat 6, Block 1, 4 Bessborough Street, Westminster, London. 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 Resists Biographical Text Constance Antonia better known as 'Nina' Boyle (1865–1943), was born in Bexley, Kent, on 21 December 1865. She lived in South Africa around the turn of the century, where she performed hospital duties during the South African War and worked as a journalist. Her activism for women’s rights started during this period, when she founded the Women's Enfranchisement League of Johannesburg. In 1911, she returned to Britain and joined the Women's Freedom League (WFL). She resisted the census in 1911 likely with 3 other women. Her (see) census form is defaced perhaps with the slightly exaggerated statement that the flat was '...filled with Census resisters. No Votes. No Census. Votes for Women'. The census official notes in red that a total of 5 women slept there that night, one of whom (Boyle's sister) took no part in the protest. In 1912, she became head of the WFL's political and militant department. Boyle was very active, she led numerous demonstrations and campaigns for the WFL. She wrote extensively for The Vote (the journal of the WFL). She was arrested on several occasions and imprisoned three times. She attempted to gain approval for women to be employed as special constables, but after it was refused, she founded the Women’s Volunteer Police (WVP) with Margaret Damer Dawson of the National Vigilance Association. The WVP represented a challenge to male control of the law—particularly in regard to sexual matters. In late 1916 Nina Boyle went to Macedonia and Serbia to perform war relief work. She received the Samaritan order of Serbia and the allied medal. After women over thirty obtained the vote in 1918, there were doubts about their capacity to stand for Parliament elections. In March 1918, Boyle attempted to stand as a WFL candidate in the Keighley by-election. Although her nomination was rejected because of a technical flaw, it was ruled that she could stand for election as a women. This acceptance of her candidature set the principle for other women to stand for election. During the 1920s and 1930s Boyle remained active in a broad range of women's organizations. She campaigned on behalf of the National Union of Women Teachers, the Women's Election Committee, the Open Door Council and organisations concerned with the welfare of women and children in developing countries. In 1920, Boyle published her novel Out of the Frying-Pan, followed by a string of adventure romance novels ending with Good Old Potts in 1934. Sources: M. Brodie, Boyle, Constance Antonina [Nina] (1865–1943), women's rights campaigner. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (May 25,2006, ). Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census, (Manchester: Manchester Uni Press, 2014). 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 Constance Antonia 'Nina' Boyle 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(-14869.6123001324 6708315.2049665) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/494d9afaaa294124165064b1192a6c05.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 The CLWS General council meeting, July 1913 in Brighton. Pictured: Elizabeth Close Shipham (9) her sister Katherine Close (8) and (9) her daughter Monica Close (10). Source: The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/2b6f5f7b4acba750b5a955014057cf11.jpeg bab19791dde9e9b8d36e4ae4ab6ae142 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 Elizabeth is absent from the census record. Source: The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Unknown Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 39 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 84 Embleton Road, Lewisham, London 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 Elizabeth Mary Margaret Close (1872- 1949) married Frank Percy Bevill Shipham, schoolmaster, at Forest Hill in 1897. She probably trained as a teacher around that time. She had three children between 1903 and 1909. The Shiphams lived at Islington, Blackheath moving to Lewisham in 1909. The first indication of Elizabeth Close Shipham’s involvement in women’s suffrage comes in 1908 when she donated a shilling to the NUWSS fund for a procession and meeting at the Albert Hall. The Lewisham WSPU reporter, R May Billinghurst in July 1909 wrote that Mrs Shipham gave a very interesting lecture on ‘The Higher Education of Women’. The first General Council of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) assembled in May 1910. Elizabeth was appointed to the executive committee. The Lewisham CLWS was formed at the end of 1910. The group met at Hither Green with Rev. FH Rice as president, supported among others by Mr and Mrs Close Shipham of 84 Embleton Road, Lewisham where they were living when the census was taken in 1911. Elizabeth became Branch Secretary and spoke at CLWS meetings in Brighton and Greenwich. Elizabeth evaded the 1911 census survey by the government joining in the suffragette boycott. Frank Shipham was at home in Lewisham with their daughter, Monica. Instead of describing himself as the head of the household (see image) Frank wrote that he was ‘married to the occupier’. Their sons, Hilary and Christopher were staying with their grandmother, Prudence Close at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove. Also in the house were Prudence’s sister, Naomi and daughters (see) Evelyn and (see) Ethel Close and a servant. The whole household, except for Prudence, described themselves as suffrage workers and disenfranchised. Elizabeth is not listed nor her eldest sister (see) Katherine Close. In February 1912, Elizabeth spoke at the Lewisham Working Women’s Guild meeting on ‘The Disabilities of Married Women’. In May, her report in the CLWS magazine stated that the three societies representing women’s suffrage would petition the Mayor of Lewisham to urge the Government to take immediate steps to enfranchise women. Elizabeth spoke at Hackney in July, addressed the Women’s Freedom League in September and the Woolwich CLWS branch in November 1912. She resigned as Branch Secretary for the Greenwich and Lewisham CLWS in November 1912 due to ‘indifferent health’’. The CLWS General Council meeting was held at Brighton in July 1913, hosted by the Brighton and Hove Branch and organised by Kate Close, Elizabeth’s sister, and the rest of the committee. Elizabeth Close Shipham appears on a photograph of the event with her daughter, Monica aged ten and sister, Kate Close (see images). Elizabeth remained on the Executive Committee of the CLWS until 1919 when many branches were closed because of the war and enfranchisement. She was described as being a ‘constant and effective help’. In the 1939 Register she was at Harrogate. Her occupation was given as ‘Lecturer in Languages at Morley College (London) for Working Men and Women’. Elizabeth lived in Hampstead in later years, and died in 1949 at Brighton. 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 Elizabeth Close Shipham 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(-2179.85826841044 6703084.51393511) CLWS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/141ac59fef7640ef4bcfc7f519314758.png b201e5705375e13c21533bb3dc2f055b 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 84 Embleton Road, Lewisham. Source: Google Maps 2020. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c706b45fe465058b3cd0579e3bcfb783.jpeg bab19791dde9e9b8d36e4ae4ab6ae142 Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Assistant Schools Inspector Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 47 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 84 Embleton Road, Lewisham, London 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 Complies Biographical Text Frank Percy Bevill Shipham was the son of Wesleyan minister, John Shipham and his wife, Elizabeth. He obtained a BA in Classics in 1892 from Trinity College, Cambridge and became a schoolmaster and Schools’ Inspector. He also wrote Latin textbooks and translations. He married (see) Elizabeth Mary Margaret Close in 1897. They lived with their three children in Blackheath and Lewisham. Frank Shipham spoke on 2 September 1909 at a new Union for Men and Women to obtain Women's Suffrage in Hyde Park to over 1000 persons. He spoke on 5 Sep at Clapham Common and on 9 Sep at the Men's League for Womens' Suffrage, Open Air Campaign, Hyde Park. It was reported: 'Messers B Shipham & W Stephens both made excellent speeches and never lost the sympathetic interest of the audience'. He was at the inaugural meeting of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) on 11 Jan 1910 and seconded the following resolution proposed by Dr. Jane Walker: ‘’In the opinion of this meeting it is to the highest interests of Church and nation that the franchise be extended to women; and that a ‘Church League’, independent of party, be formed in the Name of God to secure for women the Parliamentary vote as it is or may be granted to men; to use the power thus obtained to establish equality of rights and opportunities between the sexes, and to promote the social and industrial well-being of the community.’’ The resolution was passed unanimously. The Lewisham branch of the CLWS was newly formed at the end of 1910 and Frank and his wife Elizabeth were heavily involved. On 18 November Elizabeth proposed a resolution supporting the ‘’Votes for Women’’ Bill urging that it should become law before the end of the present year. Frank seconded the resolution saying it was the duty of the Church to take the matter in hand. The resolution was carried with unanimity. Frank Shipham was at home in Lewisham with his daughter, Monica, for the government census survey in April 1911. He showed his support for the cause by declaring himself ‘Husband of the occupier’ instead of ‘Head of the household'. Elizabeth evaded the census. Continuing with the campaign in June 1911 Frank Close Shipham, Esq. MA, FCP spoke at a garden party in Blackheath. On 1 Jun 1918 he became President of CLWS. Researched & contributed by local and family historian Margaret Scott who is related to the Shiphams. 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 Frank Shipham 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(-2179.85826841044 6703084.51393511) 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 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/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/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/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 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/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