19 10 293 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/b0bd75c984f0bc11d763641af94db405.jpg f085f9c9a620360f0529d1bd52fa2c6c 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5e8cb682ecb77d4df0d629c9efbfc0e8.jpg 17e764cfacd403bd2b33eb1c519a86a2 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a65d6229202ea62bc2ce96ba0cb28009.png 017e3ff4ebfa1f174eddd9516efe5c8b 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 Coventry Herald, 13 Dec, 1912. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 53 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 8 and 9 The Quadrant, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Headmistress 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 in London, Agnes had worked as headmistress at Sandwell Hall, West Bromwich, shortly before moving to Coventry. She served for many years as Headmistress at Coventry High School for girls, opened by her at the Quadrant. A College House was later added in Holyhead Road. Agnes' school was well provisioned - with a hockey and cricket field, tennis and swimming pool - it also took boarders and prepared pupils for all public examinations. During her time at the school, Agnes became a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (a local branch of the law abiding NUWSS) and in 1910 held a Votes for Women meeting at the Quadrant. Agnes eventually retired from the school due to failing eyesight, and in her leisure time enjoyed her involvement with the Coventry National History and Scientific Society as well as with the Coventry City Guild. She died on April 27th, 1929 aged 71 and her funeral service was held in Coventry Cathedral where she was a regular worshipper. In her will, Agnes left a stipend to her Assistant Headmistress at the school, Miss Mary Kemp, with the remainder of her estate being equally divided between her sister, brother and her friend and companion, Miss Margaret Elkins, 'as a reward for her unfailing and disinterested devotion to me'. 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 Agnes Letitia Atherstone Hales 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(-168396.23404757597 6873671.29893331) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/94c09206365200e235ba2822dd88bb2c.jpg d186be02a2774766fd0d760f5f98c3e2 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/51508364e20ea48955b0cbd0d51675fc.png f26b784718f3638d65033b01040b0082 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: Coventry Herald, 17 Oct, 1908. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3a46c681fad5ac0a67cc5c659023cc8a.png 6f08dcf92097ffa022b1abe53d0e98dc 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: Coventry Herald, 18 July, 1908. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/150543282d8d742ea767a551c753217d.jpg 10e36ed122a70be3e220e71d1726d140 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 Lea in later life. Source: copyright & photograph courtesy of Donald Harris & the Lea family. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 48 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 46 Shaftesbury Road, Earlsdon, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Lets apartments 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 Alice was born in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. In the 1890s, she lived with her brother (a cycle manufacturer) and his wife and children, but by 1901 seems to have moved in with her sister's family. By 1911, they were living at 46 Shaftesbury Road, Coventry. Alice was likely responsible for getting the suffragette WSPU branch in Coventry started some time in late spring of 1908, serving as both secretary and President in its early days. That year (and by then residing in Queens Road) Alice was the only woman representing Coventry in a deputation of women who travelled to London to see the Prime Minister to put the votes for women case to him. The PM refused to speak with them. So, the women reassembled at nearby Caxton Hall where it was decided to return to Parliament Square to protest at this refusal. There, the women were prevented by police and scuffles broke out leading to Alice's arrest for obstruction. In a postcard home, she claimed not to have been arrested for obstruction, but for simply trying to address the crowd. Like the more than 20 other women arrested that day, she was offered the choice of a fine or imprisonment. Alice elected to serve the cause by going to prison and spent one month in Holloway. She was released with 15 other suffragettes on the 31st of July. The women were met at the gate by crowds of well wishers including WSPU leaders Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst with bouquets and a brass band before being whisked by wagonette to a celebratory breakfast. Upon returning to Coventry, Alice was invited to speak about her experiences to local votes for women supporters at St Peter's Vicarage by (see) Rev. Percy Widdrington. At the meeting she said 'she did not regret her month in Holloway. She was not at all a penitent prisoner. She went to prison because it seemed to her the only way, or at any rate the best way, in which she could help the movement'. In 1909, she seems to have officially left the Coventry WSPU who gifted Alice an enameled pendant as 'a token of their high regard and affection' and for the suffering she had endured in prison. Alice's reason for leaving is unclear, but she thanked them for the gift and 'assured them that the hardest thing to do for the cause was to do nothing'. She continued to take an interest in the campaign and attend meetings. In 1911 she complied with the census, choosing not to take part in the wider suffragette boycott of the survey that year. Thereafter, and like many suffrage campaigners, she slips into obscurity. Alice died in January 1945 aged 82, and was still resident in Coventry. 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 Alice L Lea 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(-171070.89046121086 6872507.940697865) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/d4d2813698df98cd20bf287fd688764d.jpg d73af88104d725b428e6abd18896bc46 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 Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 55 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 66 Hill Street, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Teacher and almoner 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 Mary was the daughter of Henry Scampton, a former Mayor of Coventry and well known member of it's city council. She was a teacher and founded with her sisters a private school in Hill Street. She also sat on Coventry's Education Committee from 1903 to 1930 as well as working as an almoner for Spencer's Pensions - a pension charity for women. Mary joined the law abiding Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (affiliated to the NUWSS) and by 1914 had become its Vice president. Active in politics broadly, in 1917, she also became Honorary secretary of the newly founded Coventry branch of the National Union of Women Workers, and in 1920 was appointed a Justice of the Peace. Mary worked hard for local charities in Coventry mostly those related to girls welfare in the city and for educational charities like Soothern and Craner. She retired in 1930 and moved to Brighton with her sister Emma. Sadly, she died there the following year aged 73. 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 Scampton 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(-168769.43731536958 6874443.777094154) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/fc1097e083e762a0c242d18837a54833.png 9a60bcb4a771f09c17fa35ca9d03616f 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 Charlotte Iliffe in 1937. Source: The National Portrait Gallery. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/dab415649913474725fb876d164cd75e.jpg 6d5cf7004166649f2672e965ae30ec63 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 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/183c8f2ec6415f4b5a93264c439dc3d1.png d7aa7f722b7337eea9b4efd86f4e813b 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 Charlotte & Edward Iliffe in 1937. Source: The National Portrait Gallery. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8aee08102b619e411216af5a22070057.png 08e56f2a77705ce0c94831238a432f70 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 Edward speaks out in favour of votes for women on the same terms as men. Source: The Herald, 10 March, 1928, Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 34 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census The Birches, Keresley nr. Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation None given 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 Charlotte (born in Liverpool, Lancashire) married Edward Mauger Iliffe, director of the Iliffe publishing company and son of William Iliffe, the newspaper proprieter whose wife (see) Annette Iliffe was also active in the votes for women movement. Charlotte along with her mother in law Annette, was a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) a local branch of the NUWSS. She was ever present at local suffrage meetings and with her husband Edward, was also active for the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital (Edward was Chairman of the hospital board) and with the local branch of the NSPCC. During the First World War, Charlotte helped with the Serbian Refugee Fund while Edward worked for the Ministry of Munitions. He later became Conservative MP for Tamworth and Warwickshire and spoke in that role in the 1920s in support of extending votes or women to the same terms as men (finally achieved in 1928). He went on to become President of the British Chamber of Commerce; was knighted in 1922; and made a Lord in 1929. That year he resigned his seat as Conservative MP stating that his action was taken 'from a sense of public duty'. During those years, the couple lived at Allesley Hall, near Coventry, and remained active charity workers. They later moved to Berkshire in retirement. Charlotte (then Dowager Lady Iliffe) was widowed in 1960 and died at home at Yattendon Court, Berkshire in 1987 aged 95. The couple had a son and a daughter the former being made an Alderman of Coventry in 1969. 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 Charlotte Illiffe 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(-170540.074360867 6882132.079788771) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/fa50b8a988fd7fc4980346a2fc3d994a.jpg c84a4e2c314e6bf058fb814797313069 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/73b1943624b0bc6bb69e79909b65941b.png 67adf32028edca0f12e1add981e494cb 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 Annette holds a Votes for Women meeting at Allesley House. Source: The Coventry Herald, August, 1911. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7cc6981f4c3675d4c5b1d78cabbe0e1e.png 2445aaeb1d938269d0c400d931382ab2 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 Annette's husband William Isaac Iliffe who died in 1917. Source: The National Trust Collection. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 62 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Allesley House, Allesley, Warwickshire Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation None given 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 Annette (nee Coker) was born in Guernsey and spent much of her married life in Coventry before moving to the village of Allesley. She was married to newspaper proprietor William Iliffe founder of the Midland Daily Telegraph and numerous motoring journals. He later became a Justice of the Peace in Coventry. Annette belonged to the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) the local branch of the NUWSS, and by the time of the 1911 census had moved to Allesley. There at her home, Allesley House, she held a Votes for Women meeting with guest speakers Mrs Ring and Mrs Reed from Birmingham. In 1914, Annette became Vice president of the CWSS and was elected President in 1918 due to the death of (see) Mrs Selina Bright. Annette was also an active member of the Ladies Visiting Committee of the Meriden Union between 1909 and and 1921 and was also involved with the Coventry Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of which she was vice-president from 1914. Annette's husband was fully supportive of her local social and poktical activities and upon his death in 1917, he bequeathed properties he owned to the Coventry YWCA including the Sherbourne House Hostel which both he and Annette had been active in rennovating. Annette died on the 27th June 1931 aged 82 and her funeral was well attended. She was much loved in Alleseley having added electricity in her husband's memory to the local parish church and a new wing to the Parish room as a contribution to the Allesley War Memorial. She left three children including her son Sir Edward Iliffe who became Conservative M.P for Tamworth. 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 Annette Illife 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(-174397.42231675974 6877404.434652562) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/6bb4d290b718198cc48ee0f49c3b3756.png 4e05e743f0ca2fa5a24449f42de896aa 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 Birmingham Daily Mail, 31 August, 1911. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 20 Northumberland Road, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Not known 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 Miss Helen Dawson was joint secretary of the Coventry WSPU branch with (see) Alice Lea which the two seemed to have been instrumental in founding. Helen appears to have been from Lancashire originally and had spent at least some of her life in Calderbrook near Rochdale where she likely came into contact with her future husband (see) the Rev. Percy Widdrington. In 1908, Helen was caught chalking advertisements for a WSPU meeting on local pavements including outside the Baths Assembley Hall along with Alice Lea. The two women were reportedly 'drenched' by water poured from the windows above on one street ruining their clothes and washing away their chalked pavement slogans. Undaunted and in retaliation, Helen and Alice 'promptly chalked the steps instead'. Helen lived at 20 Northumberland Road for some time in 1911 likely as a boarder, but seems to be absent from the 1911 census. As a suffragette, she may have been 'evading' the government survey as part of a wider and orchestrated boycott of it by some women in protest at not having a vote. However, we do know that by September 1911, she was living with and married to the votes for women supporting and campaigning local vicar (see) Rev. Percy Widdrington at St. Peter's vicarage. Helen had already been using the vicarage as a postal address for some of her suffrage activities as early as 1909 and the couple had married by August 1911 in Cornwall. In true tabloid style, the headline in the Birmingham Mail read: 'Socialist Vicar Weds Suffragette'. In 1918, they relocated to Essex. 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 Helen Dawson 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(-169872.0846415597 6874411.623239872) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/22963ca43ff74b857dd260e3dddf20b9.jpg 9e5d4081d8e15ebc9bdc6ee65e674915 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7117f49cfa3c520310c6fffd005b988b.png 4e05e743f0ca2fa5a24449f42de896aa 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 Birmingham Daily Mail, 31 August, 1911. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 37 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census St Peter's Vicarage, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Widowed Occupation Parish priest 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 Percy E T Widdrington was born in Southampton in 1873. He was educated at Oxford, became a socialist, and was instrumental in starting the first Fabian Society at the university. Ordained in 1897, he went to work in the deprived district of St. Philips, Newcastle, where he remained for just over four years. He was prominent during that time in the Great Engineers Strike in Tyneside. Also in 1897, he married Enid Stacy a well respected socialist and touring suffrage lecturer and the two supported each each other in their reform work. The couple had a son Gerard in 1902. The family then moved to Calderbrook near Rochdale where sadly, in 1903, Edith died suddenly whilst working for the socialist cause in Littleborough near Rochdale - presumably of a heart attack - aged just 44 years old. Subsequently, Percy relocated to Halton near Lancaster where he spent three years as curate. He was well respected there by the working class community for his efforts to improve their lives and represent their interests, and started a fellowship in the village promoting the socialist and Christian message that spread into Lancaster. Always outspoken, Percy openly challenged the distinction between church and politics and was described as a socialist of deep rooted conviction as well as a man of personal charm and eloquence. He made a significant public impact when he moved to Coventry in 1906, having been appointed to the city's St Peter's Church. Percy quickly became a prominent figure in Coventry's women's suffrage movement, regularly speaking at suffrage meetings as well as hosting them, and publicly championing all aspects of the cause including suffragette militancy. For instance, he held a special welcome reception for local suffragette (see) Alice Lea at St Peter's vicarage after her release from one month in Holloway prison in 1908. In defence of her actions he said of the WSPU: ‘it was a society of extremists who were going to get what they wanted and were going to use strong means to get what they wanted… there were and had been 'heaps' of ladylike societies … but until the WSPU came along the women’s movement did not count in English political life’. He then roundly encouraged other Coventry women to follow Alice's example. Men could not formally join the WSPU but because of Percy's consistent support for it and facilitation of its members and meetings, we have denoted him as a WSPU campaigner. In April 1911, the census records Percy at St. Peter's vicarage with his son and a visitor Joseph Clayton. Clayton was an author, journalist and Christian socialist, whose wife was a member of the 'suffragette' society the Women's Freedom League (WFL). Clayton had been arrested for the cause in 1909 when taking part in a deputation to see the Prime Minister over the question of women's suffrage. In August 1911, Percy married his second wife and joint secretary of the WSPU Coventry branch, Miss Helen Dawson in Cornwall. The tabloid headlines read 'Socialist Vicar weds suffragette'!. Helen was originally from Calderbrook where Percy had previously worked, so it's likely the two met prior to his moving to Coventry. At the end of the War in 1918 of which Percy was openly critical, he relocated to Chelmsford, St Peter's church being taken over by his brother in law from his first marriage to Edith, the Rev. Paul Stacy. Percy was less in the public eye in later years and died in Lichfield in 1959. 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 Percy E T Widdrington (Reverend) 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(-167101.93188926997 6875040.736179699) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/186b154554ee98ea12ba93e12dfc0154.jpg 6e40d61fafd4ad492d2f0aa462cd5819 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a39ff69df5f7a28b8a7de2d9af94f214.png 316f15c463215d09f7d7e6082274799e 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 Annie served Coventry as a Councillor for many years. Source: Midland Daily Telegraph, 7 July, 1938. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 37 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 126 Nicholls Street, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation None given 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 Annie was born in Portsmouth in 1874 and was a member of the law abiding Coventry Women's Suffrage Society - the local branch of the law abiding NUWSS. In 1911, we find her living in Nicholls Street with her husband John a draughstman engineer in a local armament works. Clearly, Annie maintained a life long passion for politics and she gains prominence in Coventry affairs in the 1920s and 1930s. She became involved with the War Pensions Committee and was the appointed representative of the Coventry Railway Women's Guild. In 1929, she wrote an article in the The Daily Herald rebuking criticism of married women working for 'pin money' thus undercutting men's wages stating that 'until the mother is provided by the state with sufficient to give her children proper conditions of life, no-one has a right to interfere with what she shall do'. In 1934, Annie stood for the Labour Party in a Coventry by- election that took place when a seat became vacant in the Hillfield's ward. She won by a considerable margin and became Councillor for Hillfields for several years. Annie was also a member of the Women's Cooperative Guild who she staunchly defended in the local press in 1938 when they were criticised for the wearing and selling of the white poppies of pacifism. She died aged 76 in 1950. 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 Annie Elizabeth Corrie 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(-165897.06600096863 6875344.337923265) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c673c2302b2ce855ded8508997c4d0be.png 2abd02a78ef80b6b7c213d1bdbf8bc33 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 Catherine makes a public speech in Market Square. Source: The Coventry Herald, October, 1913. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/ab50aad31e49c61153669ef097c538bd.png 5d5752010e17bf56c0690ef5bc05b293 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 Suffragette, 6 Feb, 1914. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 52 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Beech Brae, 71 Berry Street, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Physician 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 Dr. Catherine Arnott was born in 1858, and was elder sister to Coventry suffragist (see) Harriet Collington. She was a physician and surgeon and spent a number of years living and studying in Ireland at the Royal University of Ireland. She seems to have moved back to England when offered a position as assistant medical officer at Lancaster County Asylum in 1894. In contrast to her law abiding suffragist sibling Harriet, Catherine became a member of the suffragette WSPU although when she joined is unclear. Catherine is absent from the 1911 census records so, she may already have been with the WSPU and taking part in the suffragette boycott of the census that year in protest at not having the vote. Some suffragettes 'evaded' the census which may explain her absence from the record. By 1913 Catherine had become Press and Honorary Secretary of the WSPU's Coventry branch and chaired regular public meetings often held in the city's Market Square. Public speaking for the vote was a brave undertaking as women were often jeered and sometimes physically assaulted by people in the crowd or passers-by. In one public speech, she made clear her reasons for campaigning stating that, 'Without the vote there could be no real improvement in the conditions of this country. Women did not want the vote for the pleasure and excitement of going to the polling booth once every five years; they wanted it to ameliorate the conditions of men, women and children' (Coventry Herald, Oct 10 and 11, 1913, p12). Several locations are given for Catherine during the campign years: 'Beech Brae' and 71 Berry Street where she is located on our map (this property may have been owned by her sister Harriet and husband) and in 1914, an office for suffrage 'at homes' located at no. 1 Holyhead Road. In later years, Catherine became an expert in the treatment of tuberculosis and ran the Eastby Sanatorium in Bradford, Leeds. Afterwards, she moved with her sister Harriet and brother in law to Kirkconnel Hall in Ecclefechan, Scotland. Catherine died in 1942 aged 84. 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 Catherine Arnott (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(-166324.72158221935 6875014.310384742) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/b8de9c9066f2496f445e5bd27afc91a3.png bf833ce4b0596fcc14c612b435005eab 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 Harriet Collington in later life. Source: The Midland Daily Telegraph, 11 March, 1937. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/b78c158d0ec32a28608dabc312c1f2bc.jpg 7f98a06610313938bcdc2babb30e1a23 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. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c6de0c9847c2e7538a3de366707de65c.png 52472c4fd1efe203010728253e15326c 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 Harriet shares her opinion on the effect of actions by the 'militant' suffragettes whom her sister Dr. Catherine Arnott supported. Source: The Coventry Herald, July 1913. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 50 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Primrose Hill House, Coronation Road, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation None given 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 Harriet was born in 1860 in India to British parents. Her father Sir Frances Arnott, was surgeon-general and honorary surgeon to Queen Victoria. By 1911, she had been married to her husband, a medical practioner, for 17 years. The couple had four children and had settled in Coventry at the turn of the twentieth century. Harriet was active in the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) - a local branch of the large and law abiding National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) - from its earliest days and performed a variety of roles including as speaker and as chairman of its committee. Harriet's husband was fully supportive of her campaigning for female suffrage, a passion she also shared with her elder sister (see) Dr. Catherine Arnott. However, the two sisters disagreed over suffrage tactics. Harriet was a suffragist committed to law abiding methods of campaigning whereas her sister Catherine was a sufffragette joining the WSPU. Harriet was publicy critical of the suffragette tactics her sister supported stating that 'militants were doing a certain amount to turn people away' from the votes for women cause by 'annoying' them. Harriet argued it was imperative that the peaceful work of 'quiet women' should continue. However, the two sisters remained on good terms and hosted some suffrage 'at home' gatherings together. Harriet also took part in several mass meetings and rallies held in London and was often seen in Coventry selling suffrage literature in the Broadgate area of the city. In 1914, she joined a joint deputation made up of the CWSS and the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association (CUWFA) of which she may also have been a member. The aim of the deputation was to go and see the prospective Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Coventry, Edward Manville, to press him to support the votes for women cause. In later years, Harriet was one of the founders of the Coventry Women's Club and - as a staunch Conservative - of the Coventry Conservative Children's League which was later appropriated by Conservative Central Office becoming the 'Young Britons'. Harriet also served as a Justice of the Peace in Coventry for several years. In 1930, she and her husband (who was a member of Coventry City Council) retired and moved to Scotland where Harriet died aged 77 in 1937. 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 Harriet Collington 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(-166248.62408479393 6875270.350425167) NUWSS