22 10 293 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/b7dd7e655d125d9ce368adc73dde0961.png d3227af482f12963a221d7d717a70a35 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 Emily Wilding Davison. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/fc7287cf7b0172d7de0480bc4259464c.jpg 7f3edfea1b4ff97e0b85a186e84fd178 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 Emily's 1911 census recording her (with errors) in parliament. Source: National Archives. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/4aeb747453932c22dbd2f209f4fafeaa.jpg c1ce96ab2bb6729625f2c5bb88be998e 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 Emily's 1911 census recording where she was living in Coram Street. Source: National Archives. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/262ae270fa7adf842636fa467611e1e0.jpg c9abeb47a1ee4892d7decb28352de788 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 Emily's mother Margaret Davison's house (with billboard) in Longhorsley, c.1930. Source & contributed by: Longhorsley Local History Society Archive. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/4e898365e295b4a90c0acdeb2d16be44.jpg 26c52ea2dd5e4e70091e50d47a3ed73a 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 Emily's handwritten letter to North Mail. Source: Longhorsley Local History Society Archive. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/1e35d2b5fd0cb22f287bd82fd5ffebe8.jpg f4550ed207b42e532173d36a8c007544 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 Wall plaque erected in 1993 commemorating Emily's final visit to Longhorsley. Source: Longhorsley Local History Society. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/1509fdbe13349b2cdb7db85a2c36a1a3.png c575efd97d77dcad9884ef0b0432f595 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 Hate letter to Emily from 'An Englishman' as she lay in her hospital bed (June 1913). Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/4ef3ba92e5de7019a505a339997318b9.png 24a872a151ff2a8728ca94a9ebf16ac4 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 Emily's funeral in London, 1913. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/845859e94e7e25345844b788463c72f4.png 75ed75ecbd5b5d3e517b52e07e81843a 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: courtesy Parliamentary Archives HCSASJ1012/66. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Political secretary Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 38 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 31 Coram Street, London. 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 Emily (1872-1913) went to Kensington High School and later obtained a first class degree having attended London and Oxford university. She worked chiefly as a governess and joined the WSPU in November 1906. In March 1909, Emily was one of several women arrested after taking part in a deputation to try and meet with Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. She was imprisoned for one month. This experience marked a turning point in Emily's life. Afterwards, she wrote a letter to the WSPU magazine, Votes for Women (11 June, 1909) expressing how: 'Through my humble work in this noblest of causes I have come into a fullness of joy and an interest in living which I have never before experienced'. Thereafter, Emily embarked upon a series of militant actions that eventually led to her death after being trampled under the King's horse when she rushed onto the track at Epsom Derby in 1913. Her militant actions included smashing windows, throwing fake bombs into a political meeting, and hiding herself in the Houses of Parliament whenever possible. One such occasion was on census night on the 2nd April, 1911, when Emily took part in the orchestrated suffragette boycott of the government census. She hid out in a cupboard there (where there is now a commemorative plaque) and upon her discovery a clerk recorded her place of residence on the census survey as the Houses of Parliament - a symbolic location for a disenfranchised woman. In fact, Emily was recorded twice on the government census survey in two different places (see images). She was also recorded - though evidently absent that night - at the place she was then living as a lodger in Coram Street where she appears on our suffrage map (approximate location). Her details were likely provided for the census by her 'helpful' housekeeper Mrs Bateman and far more accurately than those recorded by the parliament clerk. During the suffrage campaign, Emily endured multiple arrests, imprisonments, hunger strikes and was subjected to forcible feedings in prison. This was a brutal practice originally implemented to prevent suffragette 'martyr' deaths as well as their early release from prison as a result of hunger striking. Emily regularly visited Longhorsley in Northumberland during the campaign to visit her mother, Margaret, who ran a shop in the village (see image). She recuperated from spells of imprisonment in Longhorsley and was nursed back to health by her mother. Emily stayed in Longhorsley from late June 1912 for five months with short trips to other parts of the country. She wrote letters to many newspapers in the autumn of 1912 (see image) and called Longhorsley home. There is a plaque commemorating the final time she spent there before her death at Epsom Derby (see images). Upon Emily's death in 1913, she was given a lavish funeral through London's streets by the WSPU, though she had been considered something of a 'rogue' suffragette by them in life. The hate mail Emily received during her short time in a coma in hospital before death, demonstrates the vitriol some had for suffragettes. The letter (see image) written by 'An Englishman' hopes that she 'suffers torture' and laments the missed 'opportunity of starving and beating you to a pulp'. Emily's friends founded the Emily Wilding Davison club in her memory. Many thanks to Margaret Scott and Longhorsley Local History Society for providing information and images related to Emily's time in Longhorsley. You can read more about their research into Emily's life in Longhorsley at https://sites.google.com/site/longhorsleylocalhistorysociety/emily-wilding-davison. For general sources used see: Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London: 2001). There is much recent literature available on Emily as well as electronic sources, but a classic text is A. Morley and L Stanley, The Life and Death of Emily Wilding Davison (London: 1988). For more on Emily's relationship to the Houses of Parliament see https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-studies-women-parliament/ewd/. Contributed by: Tara Morton. 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 Emily Wilding Davison 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(-14067.142746534888 6714465.501112172) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/9513b8ea000dbb2b7a4c2a0a1edaa3e0.png c064a4d4bdea44107de49e67ebad1c3f 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 Marion in Council robes. Source: Dorman Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/11a7f82f502ff225393e4a696b12b1d8.jpg bef9bfb546408bfcf86d1cc378fccc93 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/58c7996f907d399e7c95eddce03c5207.png 5ee70df78eb018123c22f872cb0aa057 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 Vote, 3 February, 1912, p. 176. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Teacher 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 Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 'Northgate', Roman Road, Middlesbrough. 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 Marion was sister in law to Alice Schofield-Coates and both women were members of the WFL after briefly belonging to the WSPU. For a short time, Alice may have lived at Northgate house with Marion and her husband Fredrich before she got married to Marion's brother and Fredrich's boss coal merchant Charles Coates in 1910. Alice's daughter would later claim that despite their shared interests, the sister in laws disliked each other and kept their distance wherever possible. During her time in the WFL, Marion was on the board of Guardians for the Newport ward and both she and Alice organised public meetings for the WFL in town - despite dire warnings from local police about potential public opposition. In 1911, Marion took part in the suffrage census boycott as did her sister in law (see) Alice now a near neighbour. Marion's German born husband Fredrich writes on the census form - ' The females in this house refuse to supply any information whatever until they are granted the rights and privileges of citizenship. No vote no census of women'. The 'females' included Marion and two unnamed servants. In 1912, the WFL newspaper, The Vote, reported Marion's key role in organising the WFL's annual conference and heading the society's Standing Orders Committee as well as her election onto the WFL's executive committee. Marion was also a Labour Party member and corresponded regularly with George Lansbury, a Labour MP and vociferous supporter of women's suffrage. Marion was later elected as Middlesbrough's second (her sister in law Alice being the first) female Councillor where she was active in improving housing conditions. For additional reading, see Leslie Tomlinson, Marion Coates-Hanson (http://www.nunthorpehistorygroup.org/No%205%20January%202013.pdf). 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 Marion Coates-Hanson 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(-138632.86329891146 7275804.249802954) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c0f2169e4b57cd5ebef6925207cf439b.png 83a108383c4928a6a4a50cf50974353a 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 circa 1907. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/956e9391e6553b10cd462177853178d7.png 76872b18c616bd9fdb36aa0500e4ba8c 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 arrest entry for Alice in 1909 in the Home Office records. Source: The National Archives. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/112e8f5d55300d0c8df4286f4de031b7.jpg 7592fd9383e49762bc189fa4dbb3e6bd https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/23bacaf82357caee6ca6c251fcf3bfa6.jpg 61222fccb15a4b4eac038ef4efc546b6 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's 1919 Election Campaign poster. Source: National Portrait Gallery/Middlesbrough Museum Services. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Teacher 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 Wilstrop House, Roman Road, Middlesbrough. 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 Alice was born in Cleveland in 1881, but went to live with her Aunt and Uncle in Manchester. There, she qualified as a mathematics teacher and worked alongside Teresa Billington (later Billington-Greig) at Stockwell College. Probably late in 1903, Alice joined the WSPU with Billington, but soon became unhappy with the autocratic way the Pankhurst's were running the WSPU and its weakening of ties with the Labour Party. Alice was a lifelong Labour Party member and committed to democratic ideals, so she left the WSPU along with Billington (and about a quarter of existing WSPU members) to form a new suffrage society - the Women's Freedom League (WFL) in 1907. Alice became an organiser for the WFL in Middlesbrough and largely due to her work there the society thrived. The WFL campaigned for women’s rights well into the 1960s and Alice became vice president in the 1930s. Alice was arrested in 1909 and sentenced to a months imprisonment for 'obstructing police' whilst taking part in a deputation to the House of Commons. She married Charles Coates, a successful coal exporter, in 1910 after he shielded her from physical attack at an open-air suffrage meeting. It is at their Middlesbrough home 'Wilstrop House' along with their daughter (they went on to have two further children) and a servant that we find the couple in 1911, where Alice resists the census that year as part of the suffrage boycott. Charles notes that the female residents of the house refuse to provide details - 'until women are enfranchised' so the census official takes it upon himself to add as much detail about the women in the house as he can. Alice's sister in law (see )Marion Coates-Hanson lived in the same street and also boycotted the census. Alice remained politically active and by 1919, had become the first woman councillor for Middlesbrough, working to improve employment and living conditions for the local community. In 1951, aged 69, Alice was actively distributing leaflets advocating women's equal pay for equal work. The Equal Pay Act was granted five years before her death in 1975. 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 Schofield-Coates 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(-138632.86329891146 7275804.249802954) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/162d29b688c15c9c307c81722a75cab5.png 085eec8e804ac0528249502296eaff56 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 Google maps 2019. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/21c4187185377eb0271e7339c73f455a.png cab9ae3e037958a48896aaea3f5e0d03 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 Florence's speech in support of women's suffrage. Source: The Canterbury Journal and Farmers Gazette, 18 Feb, 1911, p. 2. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/192c0cb5cb5775fb1beb6dc0e27e0db1.jpg c7470a582dbd13649aa42fe0148df5cf 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 Florence was likely one of the unnamed women evading on the census form for 30 Bouverie Road West under Mrs Smart. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/579f5a4dea84f87f4354233ff3ffaaa3.png f1732487ab931cfd259b38dcd8722625 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 Florence's letter organizing local travel to the Women's Coronation Procession in London in 1911. Source: The Dover Express and East Kent News, 9th June, 1911, p. 2. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Teacher Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 49 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 'Trevarra' 30 Bouverie Road West, Folkestone. 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 Florence (1862-1945) attended Somerville College, Oxford, via a grant, but her time there was cut short by her father's death. She took up several subsequent teaching posts over the next twenty years, spending six years teaching at Great Yarmouth High School. She became a member of the WSPU and one of its organizers. This meant that Florence led a nomadic lifestyle, living and organizing in Brighton, Bristol, the Midlands and Edinburgh between 1907 and 1909. However, by 1910 and until the end of 1912, Florence was based at 'Trevarra' and was the WSPU organizer for Canterbury and South Kent. It is likely that Florence took part in the organised suffrage boycott of the census in 1911, and that she was one of the unknown women listed at Trevarra and 'evading' courtesy of Trevarra's house keeper, Catherine Smart. Also in 1911, Florence was key in organizing local women's participation in the huge Women's Coronation Procession through London organised by suffrage campaigners across societies and gave a speech arguing for Votes for Women which was well received in the local press - not always the case. One argument put forward against female suffrage was that 'women had not sufficient political knowledge to warrant the vote'. Florence riposted in her speech that - 'There is no education for using the vote like having it ... we want to mind our own business and set the men free to mind theirs' to which their was much laughter (see image). Florence was arrested in 1913 in London when leading WSPU figure Annie Kenney was also arrested for incitement to riot. Florence was sentenced to 21 days in prison or a £5 fine for obstruction. Her fine was paid. Interestingly, Florence was also the author of 'The Women's Marseillaise' in 1909 a popular marching song published by the WSPU. See, Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London: 2001). 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 Florence E. M. Macaulay 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(130165.78037891384 6635094.164059349) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/939b6a6f749f84df58e9866716925354.jpg c7470a582dbd13649aa42fe0148df5cf https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/43bcca9b567fff11de09042fd6f5dae4.png 085eec8e804ac0528249502296eaff56 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 Google maps 2019 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/0f80d63bd5f232fb65cf3d4f6d5a736e.png c8abdbf5516d76b2272e398bcad34dad 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 WSPU antiques valuation event at 30 Bouverie Road West. Source: Votes for Women, 1 March 1912, p. 347. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/585278aba684ec9071314dc784fed525.png 92ebb442eb76dfc424f72f2e90c4611d 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 Smart's death in 1915. Source: Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate and Cheriton Herald, 23 January, 1915, p. 8. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Boarding house keeper Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 64 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Widow Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 'Trevarra' 30 Bouverie Road West, Folkestone. Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Catherine Annie Smart (1847-1915) was a member of the local WSPU in Folkestone and Boarding housekeeper at 'Trevarra' for several years. One of her long term residents there appears to have been WSPU organiser for Canterbury and South Kent, Miss Florence Macaulay. The hotel proprietor, a Miss Marjorie Key, was clearly sympathetic to the votes for women cause as she consented to several fund raising events and suffrage planning meetings being held at Trevarra. This included in 1912, a suffragette equivalent of the 'Antiques Roadshow' where members were invited to bring items for valuation in exchange for a donation to raise funds for the WSPU! (see image). On census night in 1911, Catherine oversaw a census 'evasion' at the boarding house, providing a safe space for 3 other women to evade - one of whom was likely Macaulay. Catherine resists rather than evades the 1911 census, listing herself as 'Mrs Smart'. The census official writes suffragette next to her name, creating - presumably unintentionally - a rather witty read of 'Mrs Smart Suffragette'. The census official also notes that Mrs Smart and the others refused to fill in the schedule because 'women have no vote'. Still at 30 Bouverie Road West, Catherine died in January 1915 aged 68. See also Elizabeth Crawford and Jill Liddington's 'Gazetteer' in Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester: 2014). 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 Annie Smart 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(130165.78037891384 6635094.164059349) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e9e9505f30235a372c27fdcff2f20386.png 669d9a5668418ca38c1487fb62a5c05a 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 c.1910. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/2429e099f58f65f8ccf8f9908fc175a0.jpg ee33eb217d47409e7b21ccb0d310b49f https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c1881993be2ee3b4d44bf4574db7dea6.png 51d01e331529bd42f0ba42d32c9d152d 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 making Jam for the cause c. 1910. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/ea4c0a5abb37d3eba319561454a83da3.png 7fedee018ebe67f1b3acc32a9bf20f7d 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 (left) with WFL members. Source: London School of Economics (LSE) Library. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Lecturer 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 Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 38 Hogarth Hill, Hampstead, 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 Edith (1875-1954) was born in Middlesex and married her husband George in 1899, afterwards obtaining a BSc Degree. She was a member of the Independent Labour Party and first engaged in Votes for Women politics through Mrs Pankhurst's WSPU. Edith was an early member - joining the society in 1906 - and sacrificed her career as a lecturer in Mathematics to work for the women's suffrage cause. That year she was arrested for 'scuffling' with police in the House of Commons lobby and served one month imprisonment. Edith was also jointly appointed the WSPU's honorary secretary with fellow member Charlotte Despard. However, in 1907 - along with Charlotte Despard and others - Edith broke away from the WSPU helping to form a new suffrage society - the Women's Freedom League (WFL). She had come to see the WSPU's more violent militancy as hindering Votes for Women. Edith had no objection to law-breaking, but instead believed that acts of passive resistance could better win over the general public and importantly politicians. Hence, Edith took part in the suffrage census boycott of 1911, writing 'No Votes for Women-No information from Women' across her census form as well as other statements highlighting women's status as 'non persons'. She and her husband were at home when the census official called, so were 'resisting' rather then 'evading', but they may have housed other census evaders there for the night. The red ink on the census form represents the census official's attempt to fill in the blanks of information. Edith acted as honorary secretary for the WFL until 1911 when she became head of its 'Political and Militant' department. However, by 1912, ill health forced her to resign. In 1918, Edith stood as an independent candidate in Hendon in the General Elections, but was unsuccessful. In 1919, she became Middlesex County Council's first female member and later, its first female chairman. For more on Edith, see, Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London: Routledge, 2001) and Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester: Manchester Uni Press, 2014). 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 How Martyn 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(-22001.596039435877 6725771.8051592605) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c29e769f4f25b56ef0ea881624be7cb4.jpg fa56a62feeb617aadc878c439deb5444 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 1911 census for the Vicarage at 35 Church Street, Lenton, where Alice is described as 'Secretary Suffragist Society'. Source: The National Archives. 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 Lenton Vicarage, 35 Church 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 Occupation Secretary of Suffrage Society Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 27 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Biographical Text Alice was the younger sister to (see) Helen Kirkpatrick Watts. Her father was the Vicar of Holy Trinity church in Lenton, Nottingham, and both he and his wife were known supporters of the East Midlands Federation of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. He had allowed suffrage meetings to be held in the church hall. When Helen became an active suffragette and was arrested and imprisoned in Holloway she made sure that her sisters at home at the vicarage, Alice and Ethel, received the Votes for Women newspaper. We do not know what Alice's activities were except that on the 1911 census form she is listed as the ‘Secretary of Suffragist Society’ and may therefore have occupied a paid position with the local NUWSS. 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 Alice 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) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/fdb037ab72ce054163e77982d5b12ed3.jpg 710e1ca8c8b41fd964830cbca97f0e4c https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/f2f8fae303da5ecaa8ea3047badd39a4.jpg dc00a78e39d283d96b8b95d797ae85c9 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 41 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 3 Rhodesia Avenue, Halifax, West Riding HX3 OPB Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Medical Doctor Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Born in 1870, Helena Jones grew up in north Wales and became an early Fabian. One of the pioneer generation of impressive women doctors, she studied at the Royal Free in London, qualifying in 1901. A suffragette, she spoke at the great 1908 WSPU rally in Hyde Park ~ and soon impressed Emmeline Pankhurst.  Circa 1909 Dr Helena Jones was appointed the first schools’ Medical Officer for the West Riding, and moved up to live in Halifax. Despite her demanding job, she became the WSPU organizer for Halifax, linking the Pankhursts’ headquarters in London (undoubtedly by telephone) with local suffragettes - like Mary Taylor who lived just a short walk away. Helena Jones was the organizing genius behind Emmeline Pankhurst’s census boycott meeting in Halifax on Thursday 30 March 1911. It was  held in the town-centre Mechanics’ Institute Hall and Dr Jones took the chair at this crowded meeting. Three days later, on census night itself, Helena Jones was a very resolute evader: the enumerator wrote a statement to this effect on her schedule, which was signed by her domestic servant, the only occupant of the house. In World War I, Dr Jones worked in Corsica with the Fabian Relief Fund. She then returned to Wales, working as assistant Medical Officer of Health in the Rhondda, in charge of the maternity and child welfare clinic. She died in September 1946. For more see, Ryland Wallace, The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Wales 1866-1928 (University of Wales Press, 2009). 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 Helena Jones (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 POINT(-206951.92797074374 7114879.389367339) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/730433e9f406b55a1f7d416d6126640c.JPG 97ada88c8ebcc00aec41b56a986c38e5 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/59925008775aba66ff8cf9583c60c307.jpg 3062a73521e6f63cc1ce15b0440aada3 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 29 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 13 Park Place(?), off Queens Road, Halifax HX1 3XS. Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Probably a weaver 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 Lavena was born in Hebden Bridge in 1881, the daughter of a fustian dyer. Around her tenth birthday, she became a half-time tailoress in a local clothing factory, leaving school to work full-time soon after. In the 1901 aged 19, she is recorded as working as a machinist fustian clothing tailoress, still in Hebden Bridge. Little is known of Lavena’s next five years. However, finding small-town Hebden Bridge restricting, in c. 1906 she moved up to more cosmopolitan Halifax, working as a weaver. Here there were more like-minded women in the Women’s Labour League and in the WSPU. Living off Queens Road, Lavena found herself in the heart of Halifax’s nest of suffragettes. In March 1907, she went down to Westminster, was arrested ~ and imprisoned for 14 days. The next year, February 1908, she was again down in London, for the WSPU’s Women’s Parliament, was again arrested ~ and sentenced to 6 weeks. Such harsh prison sentences inevitably took their toll. And from 1908, Lavena seemed to distance herself from WSPU militancy. In ‘Suffragettes on the Tramp’, she and Laura Wilson dressed in old clothes, walked the 25 miles to Wakefield to experience life as a tramp. And increasingly Lavena turned to the  new educational opportunities offered by the Workers’ Education Association (WEA): she wanted to make up for her few years’ schooling, cut so brutally short. Lavena now found her voice ~ and was soon writing her wonderful ‘The Letters of a Tailoress’ (The Highway, WEA), reflecting back on the confining horizons of her late-Victorian girlhood. Lavena had emerged as a talented writer.  In March 1911, when Emmeline Pankhurst came to Halifax and spoke on the census boycott at the Mechanics’ Institute Hall, Lavena was probably sitting on the platform behind her. Three days later, on census night itself, she was undoubtedly an evader (from 13 Park Place, off Queens Road, where she was a boarder).  In 1917, she married George Baker, a private soldier, at the Unitarian Chapel, Halifax ~ and they moved to Bradford. Sadly, Lavena fell into virtual obscurity for the next 40 years. She died in 1957 in Bradford, one of the ‘the disappeared’.  For more see, Liddington, Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote, Virago Press 2006 (includes selections from Lavena’s writings). 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 Lavena Saltonstall Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-209161.8870294605 7116985.81594354) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c555ad4a4e7e597c5a0a7733e873882e.jpg c0bee7c340b8a6ee31ce0fd18a3e154b https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/ad06c06144e60d8f788e16156c03421c.jpg b9ec7e25029e09029df8f7f5a2617e79 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 31 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 22 Howard Street, off Pellon Lane, Halifax HX1 5RJ Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation Slave' 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 Keighley in 1979, Dinah’s mother was unable to sign the birth certificate, just marking it with a cross. Dinah, who had been a woollen weaver, married Charles Connelly, a stone mason. They lived in the congested terraced housing of Halifax’s industrial suburbs ~ in 1901 just off Queen’s Road, and by 1911 at 22 Howard Street, by Pellon Lane. So Dinah lived at the heart of Halifax’s nest of suffragettes. At New Year 1907, Dinah was among the 22 Halifax women who signed the ILP Manifesto to the WSPU. Then in February 1907, Dinah went down to London to take part in the WSPU’s Women’s Parliament; she was arrested ~ and sentenced to 14 days in prison. Dinah Connelly complied with the 1911 census, Charles signed the household schedule, and all the information is provided. However, a closer look at Dinah’s occupation reveals that it is given as ‘slave’ (the word is deleted, presumably by the census official). Why ‘slave’? It’s easy to see. In 1911, Dinah’s family consisted of herself, Charles (undoubtedly coming home with clothes covered in stone dust), and three sons, aged 9, 2 and 11 months. All five were squashed into a small 4-roomed terrace house. Domestic slavery indeed. Dinah's house is now demolished, but the photograph featured here is of similar houses that remain at the end of her street. One of Dinah’s younger children, Laura Mitchell, later became Mayor of Halifax ~ and has an impressive Laura Mitchell health centre named after her in the town centre. 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 Dinah Connelly Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-208922.55915714244 7118699.646811421) WSPU