26 10 293 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/15c8f853730299578008cbbad357a888.jpg 3a41a4b8a195e661965c81195371f258 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 Very Reverend Edward Maclure (1895) by Myra Luxmoore. Source: courtesy Manchester Art Gallery. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/843456f8330dc88df7fe798c1b28e9c9.jpg c8e5b5e5496b632e53cc14e92d008aac 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 Portrait painting of an unknown woman in black (dated circa early twentieth century) by Myra Luxmoore. Source: https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2020/march/2435/auction-reports/portraits-of-mystery-young-women-catch-the-eye-in-auctions/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/0846b7c8c96855fb1959c516f89e6d78.jpg 5b36946668237ac5757a3dd71d22658c 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 Myra's only known suffrage postcard produced for the CUWFA. Source: photo courtesy of Elizabeth Crawford with permission from Ken Florey https://womanandhersphere.com/?s=luxmoore Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Artist Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 51 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 57 Bedford Gardens (studio 1) Kensington, London Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CUWFA Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Myra Elizabeth Luxmoore (1860-1918) was born in Paddington, London. After a brief spell in south Wales the family moved to Devon where in 1881 Myra was described as an ‘art student’ though it is not clear where she studied. Myra was a portrait and figure painter and in 1881 exhibited as an associate with the Society of Women Artists and by 1891 had moved to London where she exhibited regularly from 1905 with the Royal Academy. Among her exhibits was a portrait of Lady Balfour (1894) and one of the daughter of Sir John Craggs MVO. Featured (images) are her paintings of the Very Reverend Edward Maclure (1895) and a painting of an unknown woman in black (dated circa early twentieth century). Myra also drew inspiration from her travels in northern France (glimpsed in a painting of a Breton harbour scene) and Palestine which inspired a biblical painting (c.1912) owned by Sister Agnes Mason (founder of the Community of the Holy Family). Myra joined the London Society for Women’s Suffrage (NUWSS) in 1909 and was also secretary of the Kensington branch of the Conservative & Unionist Women’s Franchise Association (CUWFA) for which she also produced a suffrage postcard entitled ‘Woman’s cause is Man’s: They rise or sink together’. She also held numerous suffrage meetings in her spacious studio (no.1) at 57 Bedford Gardens, Kensington. Some of the meetings were recorded by suffrage campaigner Kate Frye in her diary (see sources below) which gives some fascinating glimpses into the meetings where there was often ‘a crush of people and no end of helpers’. Although Myra belonged to law abiding suffrage societies the CUWFA and NUWSS, she likely took part in the organised suffragette boycott of the 1911 census as she is nowhere to be found on the census record. The census official noted that Myra was was the occupier of the flat but listed it as ‘unoccupied’ that night. Sources: E Crawford (Ed.) Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary (Francis Boutle, 2013) & Art and Suffrage: A Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Artists (Francis Boutle, 2018). Contributed by Tara Morton (Warwick University) as part of the Mapping British Women Artists 1750-1950 project & Research Group, which is affiliated with The British Art Network (led and supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, with public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. 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 Myra Luxmoore 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(-21903.890922380222 6711255.7810176425) CUWFA https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/2e56f8084cf4dfa10ec00d70d999f043.jpg 085993dbc05b7fa0a3dd35e2dbf28461 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 The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Possible WSPU worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Not Known 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 58 Marlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester 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 Miss Nellie Allen was active with the WSPU in 1911 at least through until the close of 1913. In 1911, she took part in the suffragette boycott of the government census survey. She wrote across her form for 58 Marlow Moor Road, that 'Until women are recognised by the government as citizens, I refuse to do a citizens duty - No Vote - No Census' and she signed it Nellie Allen. The census official speculates on the form, probably after a conversation with neighbours: 'I understand Miss Allen has a brother and a domestic servant living with her' none of whom were present. By 1913, Nellie was co-treasurer of the WSPU Manchester branch with Miss Wallwork: the two using an office at 32 King Street West. Can you find out more about Nellie Allen to add to her story on the map? If so, please contact us via email. Nellie was contributed to our map by Mark Morreau. 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 Nellie Allen Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-249510.61607338488 7061225.809360197) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3e5bd9eb41558ca5cf27215804ee0ce0.png 73dcda193a92272efef1253a2dfeb6a1 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 A gathering of the Portsmouth NUWSS in 'The Cottage' garden in 1910. Source: Portsmouth Library. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/710d51dd9b9fb31e2c377daad99f6a3a.png 37cd8d9c54c339965ff0caeef8459fa5 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 Norah's witty 'Education of an M.P' speech, 1911. Source: Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette, 30 Sept, 1911, p. 5. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7d142a83ca0a52bfd3c4f58958419eba.jpg 4ac2799db0500db800ea2a4ba7d869b3 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/6e2e3533ac1534a7ddc2e9e93b97058b.png 6fb5910f4b12667ff189a74f68fc95d0 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 Women's Pilgrimage, 1913. Source: The Common Cause, 25 July, 1913, p. 15. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Private means Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 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 The Cottage, 53 Havant Road, Cosham, Portsmouth. 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 1865 in Southampton, Norah was a founder and leading member of the Portsmouth branch of the law abiding NUWSS - part of the Surrey, Sussex and Hants wing of the federation. Norah lived on the outskirts of Portsmouth with her sister - and fellow NUWSS member Margaret - and two servants in 'The Cottage'. The sisters often opened the garden at The Cottage - with rather belied its name with 14 rooms - for suffrage events (see image). Norah was known as the 'red haired rebel': both she and her sister used a home made solution of sage and other herbs grown in the garden, to achieve a much admired red lustre for their hair. By 1910, Norah had been elected as a Parish Councillor, and for the suffrage movement, participated in a seemingly endless round of suffrage meetings, often acting as speaker for which she was much in demand. In 1911, she gave a particularly witty speech entitled 'The Education of an MP' declaring that, despite her best efforts, 'she did not know she had as yet educated one' (see images). She was also Honorary secretary of the NUWSS Parliamentary Committee that year (likely through to 1913), so responsible for organizing deputations and support for suffrage bills proposed for parliament. As a law abiding member of the NUWSS, Norah did not take part in the suffrage boycott of the 1911 census, but together with her sister, she did make a personal protest writing across the census form: 'We have filled in this paper under protest because women cannot vote for Members of Parliament'. So, whilst Norah technically complied, she still seized the chance to express her opinion. Norah later helped organize and took part in the NUWSS Women's Pilgrimage - a huge march made by women walking from every corner of the country to rally in London - in 1913. She made several impromptu speeches along the way that were very well received (see images). She also took part in organizing the Women's Peace Crusade in 1914, including a rally planned for Hyde Park in November. Norah was an internationalist thinker and throughout her life maintained close ties with the socialist movement, the Labour Party and Workers Union, and was a passionate vegetarian. Norah died in 1953. Secondary sources and additional reading, see: Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide (London: 2001); Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester: 2014); Sarah Peacock, Votes for Women: The Women's Fight in Portsmouth (City of Portsmouth: 1983). 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 Norah O'Shea 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(-117743.08180556774 6594128.005402235) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/796b5b9ae1cd2fe9d1c60070d43963f4.jpg cf4af3315c3bed0ed81086a821d3f865 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 credit: W. and D. Downey via the British Library https://www.olivemalvery.com/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3b1926285febeb5590a112743f622b08.jpg 727884faf88ca1b59a4450efcc1ac2bd 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 credit: Elliot & Fry via British Newspaper Archive https://www.olivemalvery.com/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a23fb68f55caa3e320f81ef50295495d.jpg 7b3356a21e1ec4baecf601b7a0fd6d7a 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 credit: British Newspaper Archive https://www.olivemalvery.com/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/6fd0af48a41a74fcfde9c014aaa6bef3.png a3e4661c0e493c8f435517feda308466 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 credit: via archive.org https://www.olivemalvery.com/ Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Writer 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 Widowed Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Barton Court Hotel, Barton-on-Sea, New Milton 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 Olive Christian Malvery was born in 1871 in Lahore, which was then a part of British India and is now in modern Pakistan. This is according to baptismal records. Olive reported herself as being younger than she was, leading to discrepancies in her age. She was raised as an Anglican by her maternal grandparents after her parents separated. She moved to London in 1898 to become a professional singer, training at the Royal College of Music. While training, her recitals of poems focused on Indian themes, garnered great attention. After her training, she turned to journalism and philanthropy, focusing on raising money for orphanages. She worked as an investigative journalist, going into communities in disguise to understand their struggles. She worked at a sweet shop, as a pedlar, a factory girl, and as a waitress, among many other roles. She wrote about prostitution and the sexual exploitation of women, the working conditions of women and labour laws. She published many works, and she donated her royalties to shelters for homeless women and Christian charitable organisations. In 1905, she married a Scottish-born US diplomat, Archibald Mackirdy. Her bridesmaids were Hoxton Costermongers, and she invited 1000 working girls as guests. She had 3 children before Archibald died in 1909. She joined the Church League for Women’s Suffrage in 1909, and it didn’t take long for her to rise in the organisation as a member. She headlined an event at Steinway Hall within her first year as a member. She believed in action first, helping women into shelters to care for their immediate needs. Women’s suffrage was a means to prevent injustices by a government that was corrupt without the influence of women. She openly criticised the differences between the custodial sentences of men who sexually exploited women and suffragettes. 25% of the profits from her publication ‘the white slave market’ went to the NUWSS election fighting fund. During the 1911 census, she was staying at Barton Court Hotel in New Milton, Hampshire. Her age is reported as 29, which would be incorrect according to the baptismal records. The birthplace, marriage status and length and number of children reported all match up to the information confirmed about Olive. Olive regularly lied about her age on official documents, so it is believed this is her census. She spoke at a meeting in 1912 held at St Clare Castle, Ryde on the Isle of Wight, which was instrumental in forming the Ryde branch of the NUWSS. Over her lifetime, she donated enough money to build two homeless shelters for women in London. She died in 1914 due to an illness associated with cancer. Sources: Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999); Ross, Ellen, Slum Travelers : Ladies and London Poverty 1860-1920 (Berkeley, Calif. ; London, University Of California Press, 2007); Donovan, Stephen, & Rubery, Matthew, Secret Commissions : An Anthology of Victorian Investigative Journalism (Peterborough, Ontario, Broadview Press, 2012). Contributed by Becca Aspden, URSS student researcher, History Dept., 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 Olive Malvery 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(-185112.1914523078 6574732.78465692) CLWS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/42d8d245ebb470f39b443b6bd26c48de.jpg d0906555e46a5cea57b34152195c2f55 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: Windows on Warwickshire, Heritage and Culture, WCC. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8a37fbf9ba356333f54bafa7e79a563f.jpg 35296f27af7f73152e0e352e84714307 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 27 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Walton Hall, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9HU Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Baronet Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CUWFA Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Baronet Osbert L'Estrainge Mordaunt attended some CUWFA meetings with his mother the Lady Mordaunt. The CUWFA formed in 1908 to work peacefully and constitutionally for ‘the removal of the sex disqualification from the franchise’ by bringing Conservative and Unionist’s together. 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 Osbert L'estrange Mordaunt 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(-176404.594049394 6830708.114043705) CUWFA https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/4e9e573b9b615bb935ed08e2bb9bba73.jpg 88c90947949658e6f1e55f07ab95f44e 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 36 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Lodge Farm, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 0JH Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation No occupation Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CUWFA Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Patience Hanbury and her husband the Hon. Basil Hanbury were very active within the local suffrage community, regularly attending meetings together in 1911. 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 Patience Hanbury 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(-170600.5385175363 6831023.5820506085) CUWFA https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5009acfb29b3441789ae136e4c368d92.png 363e54fccc0afff7ca14ce8058617c1e 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 Patricia Woodlock, 1910. Source: Museum of London. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3f12a59d902185f1d92ed0dad3fad06c.jpg fe45ea1793b6a72975e8b5347f5b7546 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/9fd49f66bd2675b8cb7e5578e8b8c1b6.png 387003265a36640590883bec56d4a8ae 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 Patricia's release from three months imprisonment in Holloway, 1909. Source: Votes for Women, 18 June 1909, p. 810. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/bf8ae4aa8b698c281944380aaad811b5.png 81290375241aea73ef662a3d3d2b5b90 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 Patricia looks to bring socialists and suffragettes together through her rousing approach at meetings in 1911. Source: Justice, 16 November, 1911, p. 8. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e60b6dfda1c9e97bb476d19498aee81e.png e12951b58af76390bf8daa203740d2f7 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 Patricia's record of arrests. Source: The National Archives (HO Suffragette Arrests Index, 1906-1914). Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation WSPU Organizer 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 46 Nicander Road, Setton Park, Liverpool. 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 Patricia was born in 1875 and was a founding member of the Liverpool WSPU. She was also an active member of Liverpool's Independent Labour Party and sought to bring socialist support to the suffragette cause (see images). In 1906, she joined a deputation of Lancashire women to parliament and was arrested in Parliament Square. She was subsequently imprisoned for 14 days in London's Holloway prison. By 1909, she had become a WSPU organizer in Liverpool and was also imprisoned that year for 3 months in Holloway for being a 'persistent offender' and later with other suffragettes, in Winson Green prison, for harassing Prime Minister Herbert Asquith at Birmingham's Bingley Hall. Patricia went on hunger strike, but began to eat again when threatened with the brutal practice of forcible feeding carried out by prison warders. Patricia was arrested on several occasions during the campaign. Described as a brilliant speaker, in 1910 she addressed the crowds at the WSPU's Hyde Park demonstration. Like numerous suffragettes, she was also arrested but released without charge on 'Black Friday' in November that year - so called because of the police brutality meted out to suffragette protesters. In April 1911 when the census survey took place, and despite being an ardent member of the WSPU, Patricia's name is recorded at home with her family at their modest house in Nicander Road. Did she willingly comply - choosing not to take part in the suffragette boycott of the census? Did her father David fill in her details against her wishes as head of household? Her father was a socialist and very supportive of Patricia's suffragette activities, so this is most unlikely. Perhaps Patricia decided - as did some other suffragettes - that the potential value of the census survey for highlighting social reform issues, such as overcrowding or rates of infant mortality, outweighed the value of the boycott? This would fit with her socialist and Labour party credentials. Whatever her reasons, later that year in November, Patricia was arrested (alongside others) for taking part in window smashing and scuffles with police after trying to make what was described as a 'raid on the House of Commons'. Press reports described how 'there was scarcely a window that escaped attention' on the ground floor of the Treasury in Parliament Street (The Tewkesbury Register, 25 November, 1911). By 1912, her militant actions were tempered perhaps by the WSPU's wish to ensure that their best organizers remained free from prison to continue their propaganda and fund raising work. Source: 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 Patricia Woodlock 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(-325471.8751066023 7055160.043099745) 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/0bc1e65d49929f4bfb3a589a72b5346e.jpg 8fc42a5f4ce0813dbadc5ba09c54ddc4 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 33 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Yew Tree Cottage, Lapworth, Warwickshire, B94 6BA Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation Women's Suffrage and philanthropic worker 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 Phillis, or Mrs Aubrey Dowson, attended a number of Warwickshire combined suffrage society meetings and on occasion was joined by her husband. The NUWSS to which she belonged, was the largest women's suffrage society in the country and believed in attaining the vote for women by peaceable and constitutional methods. Phillis became secretary of the societies Midland Federation and was related through her husband to Catherine Osler, president of the Birmingham Women's Suffrage Society. Phillis was also responsible for editing one of the NUWSS's more unusual fund-raising projects - the 'Women's Suffrage Cookery Book' - which gathered recipes from suffragists across the country. See, Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey (London: Routledge, 2006). 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 Phillis Dowson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-196180.64291113688 6862682.449631415) NUWSS