6 10 293 https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3ad250f846bc4b985ec931c34f6698ab.jpg 362e304abe8554de07fee5aed0d90cb0 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 of The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Horticulturalists 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 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census The Flower Farm, Upper Station Road, Henfield, West Sussex 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 May Martin Le Lacheur (1884-1944) was a daughter of Congregationalist merchant banker John Allen Le Lacheur of The Wilderness, Tunbridge Wells. Gladys Sherris (1885-1939), recorded as staying at The Wilderness from 1907, was the elder daughter of a Royal Navy paymaster. By 1908 Dorothy de Jersey Le Lacheur, one of May’s sisters, was holding local WSPU meetings at The Wilderness. Dorothy and May, with their elder brother and Gladys, took part in the WSPU demonstration in Hyde Park on the 21st of June 1908, driving to London in a motor car decorated with rosettes in green, white, and purple. Later in 1908, Dorothy set up a Tunbridge Wells branch of the Women’s Freedom League (WFL) running this as secretary. Her mother became treasurer of the Tunbridge Wells branch of the NUWSS. Meetings of both societies were held at The Wilderness. In the spring of 1909, as ‘M Martin, The Wilderness, Tunbridge Wells’, May placed a small ad in the WSPU’s Votes for Women newspaper: ‘Lady gardener seeks situation in private or market garden; full training; certificates and practical experience’. Nothing appears to have come of this, and a year later she and Gladys had established the Flower Farm in Upper Station Road, Henfield, and were advertising in Votes for Women, ‘boxes of choice cut flowers’ and ‘strong transplanted seedlings.’ As a commercial enterprise, the Flower Farm never rivalled the merchandise and marketing developed by (see) the Misses Allen-Brown at the Violet Nurseries nearby. As women of means, May and Gladys could afford to concentrate instead on winning professional prestige by entering their produce in top-class competitions. In July 1910, their success at the annual Women’s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union Show at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent’s Park, was reported in, significantly, the NUWSS paper The Common Cause: ‘Misses May M Le Lacheur and Gladys Sherris, FRHS, who within the last 12 months have established a nursery garden at Henfield, were awarded the silver Knightian medal for English hothouse melons, and a first prize for giant sweet peas and a second prize for roses.’ In 1911, as confirmation of a shift from militant to non-militant, May and Gladys complied with the Census, signing it as ‘Suffragists and nursery gardeners’ (see image). In 1912, they joined other Henfield women, notably (see) Elizabeth Robins and the Misses Allen-Brown, in contributing to a fund to help the Pethick-Lawrences, following the couple’s ejection from the WSPU. One likes to picture this group of women gathered together on the 14th of May 1913, when (see) Florence de Fonblanque and her Marchers Qui Vive, who were staying overnight in Henfield on their way from Horsham to Brighton, held a meeting in the village at 7pm. Two months later May and Gladys again triumphed at the Women’s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union Show, winning first prize for their ‘striking collection of herbaceous plants’ and were named among the ‘chief prize-takers who showed that lady gardeners are able to hold their own against male competitors’. May and Gladys left Henfield during the War, Gladys to take up ambulance work at the Front until her marriage in 1917.Sources: Kent and Sussex Courier, Votes for Women, Common Cause, Cheltenham Examiner 17 July 1913, Westminster Gazette 11 July 1913, The National Archives. Contributed by independent researcher & writer Frances Stenlake. 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 May Le Lacheur & Gladys Sherris 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(-31419.25835508311 6609533.938531866) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/557c94af6b48188182a5779417b14a98.jpg 6316aa61feb41a5effcc90c6f636d04a 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 Missess Allen-Brown. Source: courtesy of Henfield Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/d0b70f59eb1670add6aee66a376bfb9d.jpg 80002bd815be3cadbeb378aa13240aa8 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 Miss Allen (at the back) supervising work on frames. Source: courtesy of Henfield Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/9aaf0fd70f6d035daf573d09adfbffa3.jpg ea4e3e68092a766eae4a20d5de162969 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 Miss Brown in a field of bell Jars. Source: courtesy of Henfield Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/c567d920bf918cb8ab399d0e51ba0a1f.jpg 105583edd99d8e3d049dc1662d95bd5f 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 In front of Holmgarth. Source: courtesy of Henfield Museum. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/927666a5526b2c1947cedf8281e426dd.jpg c9967d7e0c06a5f179eafbce020d70ee 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 Votes for Women 31 Dec 1908. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5db134fd88de4af5cb967f8fcd97ba3b.jpg 022267ed48de0509ac06f2e1aa8bb35d 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 Votes for Women 19 March 1909. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8fa41ca4ed0f4903ca7b94e1e2d72300.jpg 6ec428b28510f1f2d4a3d2c244aecea3 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 Votes for Women 17 May 1909. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/294200d05abc48c0e2ad42cafaa4441a.jpg 51b7c2fe28248e528641b6842bb62307 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 Votes for Women 5 July 1912. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Horticulturists Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 44 & 55 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 Holmgarth, The Common, Henfield, West Sussex 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 Decima Allen (1869-1951) and Ada Brown (1856-1915) lived in Holmgarth, Henfield from about 1899. The house was owned by a relative of Ada Brown by marriage. By 1906 they were marketing the products of the Violet Farm they established there, referring to themselves as Misses Allen-Brown FRHS. They began by advertising boxes of freshly cut violets in the Morning Post in March 1906; in the autumn the magazines The Gentlewoman and The Queen promoted their soap, bath salts, perfume, and protective ‘motor lotion’. A year later their business was publicised as being world-famous and scented ‘novelties’ were proposed as Christmas gifts. From April 1908, when Votes for Women progressed from a monthly to weekly publication, Misses D and A. Allen-Brown are listed as contributors to WSPU funds. From August 1908, each week’s issue of the paper carried advertisements for their ‘preparations’. In September, a page headed ‘Progress of Women’ included an announcement of the founding of a French Horticultural School by ‘those two excellent friends of the WSPU, Misses Allen-Brown’. Training was to be conducted on up-to-date scientific principles and based on fashionable French methods. The two-year course would lead to a diploma, and endeavours would be made to place students in good positions in France or England. Misses Allen-Brown, by now major employers of women in Henfield, helped arrange a women’s suffrage meeting held on 11 July 1910 in the village Assembly Rooms. NUWSS organiser Barbara Duncan reported in their newspaper the Common Cause that she and Florence Basden, chair of the Brighton and Hove Women’s Franchise Society, ‘went to Henfield where Miss Mack (aka feminist playwright Margaret Macnamara) and the ladies of the Violet Nurseries had gathered a delightful audience’. Reverend CC Pridgeon, Vicar of nearby Steyning, was in the chair, with (see) Elizabeth Robins in support. It was as WSPU members, however, that Misses Allen-Brown refused to sign the 1911 Census: the Holmgarth page lists only the cook, housekeeper, and a housemaid. The Votes for Women newspaper reported the first WSPU meeting to take place in Henfield: on 27 November 1911. It was chaired by Elizabeth Robins and addressed by Isabel Seymour, a WSPU administrator, and ‘The platform was decorated by the ladies of the Violet Nurseries.’ In 1912 Henfield suffragists followed Elizabeth Robins in supporting Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence when the couple were prosecuted for conspiracy in the WSPU’s campaign of violent destruction, even though they did not participate in this themselves. When the Government tried to recover some of the costs of window-smashing by auctioning the contents of the Pethick-Lawrence house in Dorking on 31 Oct 1912, much of its contents was purchased by friends and returned. The Misses Ada-Brown were among the women of the village who contributed to a collection made by Ada Baxter, wife of the Captain of the Henfield Fire Brigade, towards this purchase fund. Misses Allen-Brown oversaw the planting of the flower beds at Backsettown, a record of which was kept by Elizabeth Robins at the back of her Visitors Book. In 1913 they published The Violet Book, dedicated to ‘Our neighbour, Miss Elizabeth Robins’. Sources: Votes for Women, Common Cause, Brighton Gazette, The Gentlewoman, The Queen, Bystander, Tatler, with thanks to Alan Barwick, Henfield Museum. Contributed by independent researcher & writer France Stenlake. 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 Decima Allen & Ada Brown 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(-30058.266260833996 6608708.916645386) https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/ce8e43db7d37eeae1e43c1edf1c7c248.jpg ceb79c74a7fcb1ad7a92df60a91672bc 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 WSPU rosette. Source: courtesy The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/569249d3773f4f992ec4ca28b4730b01.jpg 0ea3e6abab5075bdabcb2da4a270b5c9 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 No Vote No Tax badge used by the WTRL. Source: courtesy The Women's Library, LSE. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation None given Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 45 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 'Hazeldene', Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis 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 Josephine Gonne was born in Natal in South Africa in 1866. By 1894 she had married Capt. Charles Melvill Gonne of the Royal Artillery and given birth to a son in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. By 1901, the family had moved to Kent where Josephine was in a partnership with an electrical engineer’s business in Canterbury, although this was dissolved in 1906. The couple were active in the suffrage movement from at least 1910 (see separate entry for Charles Gonne). Their son Vere Carol Melvill Gonne (1894-1961) was also a suffrage supporter who donated to the Men’s Political Union for Women’s Enfranchisement. In 1911, Josephine wrote to the Common Cause newspaper defending the policy of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and its interruption of a Liberal meeting at Bath. She donated to WSPU campaigns several times in the following years and also belonged to the Women’s Tax Resistance League (WTRL) which campaigned under the slogan ‘No Vote, No Tax’. During early 1911, Charles was on the electoral register in London and the couple were active in the WSPU branch in the King’s Road, Chelsea. No record has been found of Charles, Josephine, or their son in the census of April 1911, so it is possible that they evaded it as per WSPU and WTRL policy. By the autumn, they had moved to 'Hazeldene' Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (the location is approximated on the map) where Josephine hosted an “At Home” for a local suffrage society that included militant and non-militant campaigners and at which her husband and Evelyn Sharp spoke. Perhaps the most dramatic moment in Josephine’s campaigning came when Charles was imprisoned in December 1913 for refusing to pay taxes on her behalf. ‘The Vote’ newspaper complimented Josephine on her “plucky fight” in support of her husband. She sent a telegram to the King giving the facts of the case but was told to submit her petition to the monarch via the Home Secretary. She declined this “doubtful privilege”, asking to present it through a military officer instead. Fortunately, Charles was released within 48 hours and Vere made a public statement supporting him. Josephine died four years later in February 1917, aged around fifty. In her will she left over £2000 to her husband (worth approx. £150,000 today). By then Vere had joined the Royal Garrison Artillery in line with his family’s military tradition, eventually becoming an acting major. Contributed by art historian, Dr Diana Wilkins with additional information provided by Frances Stenlake and 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 Josephine Gonne 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(-76304.94682904478 6583199.573239804) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/620d06070580f949e584769829694682.jpg b916573b31bb273165bb330e9281588e 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 Captain Gonne being arrested in 1910. Source: courtesy The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e49cc83cac3ee6037f497c565972cc50.jpg 5482070c553368bd17e3687b5ec8b303 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 Badge belonging to the Men's League for Women's Suffrage. Source: courtesy The Women's Library, LSE. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Captain British Army 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 Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census ‘Hazeldene’, Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census MLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Biographical Text Captain Charles Melvill Gonne (b. 1862, Hove – d. 1926, Ringwood) spent part of his childhood in Hove before training at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and becoming an officer in the Royal Artillery. His grandfather had been a Major-General in India and his father was a member of the Indian Civil Service. By 1894, Charles had married his wife Josephine and they had one son who was born in South Africa. By 1901, the family had returned to Britain where the couple became active suffrage campaigners, with Charles belonging to the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage and the Men’s Political Union for Women’s Enfranchisement (see separate entry for Josephine). In 1910, the press reported Charles’s arrest at the Black Friday demonstrations outside Parliament. A policeman seized the woman accompanying Charles, to which he responded: ‘You may take me, but you shall not take her.’ He was accused of hitting a policeman, which he denied, and was discharged without evidence being offered. In a later incident, Charles was badly hurt when stewards ejected him from a Liberal meeting, injuring his spine. In 1911, Charles’s address on the electoral register was Fernshaw Mansions, Fernshaw Road, Chelsea, and the couple were active in the King’s Road branch of the WSPU. However, by the autumn they had moved to Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis, West Sussex continuing their campaigning (the map location is approximate). In October, Josephine hosted an “At Home” for a local suffrage society during which Charles spoke about his work for the Men’s Committee for Justice to Women. No record has been found of Charles, his wife or son in the 1911 census so it is possible that they evaded it. In 1913, Charles was arrested again for refusing to pay property taxes on behalf of his wife. He was imprisoned in Lewes, East Sussex and went on hunger-strike. He was released within 48 hours due to ill health and his name appears on the Roll of Honour of Suffragette Prisoners 1905-1914. The Vote commented that “Things have come to a pretty pass, when the only use England has for a courageous and honest gentleman is to break his back and fling him into prison.” During this period, Charles was also on the Special Reserve list of army officers and in the First World War he was promoted to the rank of Major. His son, Vere Carol Melvill Gonne (1895-1961), supported his parent’s campaigning and continued the family’s military tradition by joining the Royal Garrison Artillery. Contributed by art historian, Dr Diana Wilkins. 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 Charles Melvill Gonne (Captain) 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(-76304.94682904478 6583199.573239804) MLWS 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/a56a42c37fa3ab0dd018951dfe16b279.jpg 02ce68df4ecde816e5b30e7d0bf98aed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Elizabeth Robins in 1893. Source & copyright The National Portrait Gallery. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/3e7259a5c035b623201a17a4b4f9a8c7.JPG b88bfa6be350deee0fcfa7eef75f4878 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 Backsettown Visitors Book signed by Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Mabel Tuke (and HG Wells) 29 May 1909. Source: courtesy of Henfield Museum collection. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/d681e435d097374e4698ae2001fefe17.jpg 89ff5b2798fb1cf2e6b12e88e9ffa4bb 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 Postcard of Backsettown House, 1912: Source: courtesy of Alan Barwick (collection). https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/1a1da423579bf282e93cc0faea0c6d62.png a4e174dcd28925b605add37bc42ea054 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 record for Backsettown House. Source: The National Archives & Henfield Museum collection. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/9eb39c5d61ba3d801edf86797d194ae5.jpg 236a9b7f372539bdb9ddfa9d71fbccc0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Elizabeth Robins with Evelyn Millard in Stephen Phillips’ Paolo and Francesca, performed at St James’ Theatre, March 1902. Source: courtesy of Alan Barwick (collection). 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 49 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 Backsettown, Henfield, West Sussex 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 Henfield’s best-known suffrage campaigner is American-born actress and writer Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952). Particularly acclaimed for her performances in Ibsen’s feminist plays, she retired from the stage at the age of 40 and joined the London Women’s Suffrage Society. By 1909, when she came to live at Backsettown, Henfield, she had switched to the WSPU. As a member of its committee, she wrote articles for the WSPU newspaper Votes for Women and argued the suffrage case in letters to the Times. Elizabeth’s play ‘Votes for Women’ was commissioned by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, treasurer of the WSPU, and performed at the Royal Court Theatre in April 1907. Speaking engagements took her all over the country. She shared platforms with the Pankhursts and Emeline Pethick- Lawrence, and sometimes stood in for Emmeline Pankhurst. In June 1909, a major Brighton and Hove WSPU event was a lecture by Elizabeth at Hove Town Hall, advertised by a Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage (MLWS) member displaying a large poster on his boat moored off Palace Pier. Signatures for 29 May 1909 in the Backsettown Visitors Book (see image), include those of Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, and Mabel Tuke, WSPU secretary. Backsettown is reputed to have welcomed suffragettes evading arrest or recovering from imprisonment and hunger striking. Christabel Pankhurst stayed two nights in March 1910 and in March 1912 the police searched for her there. As well as being a member of the Actresses Franchise League, Elizabeth was President of the Women Writers Suffrage League, and led its contingent in processions such as the Coronation Procession of 17 June 1910 (see our blog ‘A Fragile Unity’). A few weeks later she took part in a meeting in the Henfield Assembly Room addressed by representatives of the NUWSS. In April 1911, Elizabeth refused to provide the required details for the government census survey, instead inscribing her page ‘The occupier of this house will be ready to give the desired information the moment the Government recognises women as responsible citizens’. In December 1911, she chaired the first WSPU meeting to be held in Henfield. She and speaker Isabel Seymour, a WSPU administrator, ‘were listened to with rapt interest’ and several new members joined. Elizabeth’s swansong as a WSPU star speaker was the WSPU ‘mass meeting’ at the Albert Hall on 15 June. She resigned in October 1912, when Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence were expelled for expressing misgivings about the WSPU’s escalation of violent and destructive action. They had founded and edited Votes for Women; the last Sussex entry in the final issue of this, dated 18 October 1912, concerns a special late train to Henfield booked for the night of Emmeline Pankhurst’s speech at the Brighton Dome on 22 October. The late train may not have had many takers: Elizabeth led strong support for the Pethick-Lawrences in Henfield. In 1918, with a first measure of women’s suffrage about to be granted, Elizabeth wrote to NUWSS President, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, hoping for her presence at a celebratory suffragist dinner: ‘This moment of Victory is a time to turn from points of difference to the many points of agreement’. Sources: Votes for Women, Suffragette, Common Cause, Brighton Gazette, LSE Women’s Library 7MGF/A/1/135, Henfield Museum website blog by Robert Gordon: Elizabeth Robins - A New Woman. Contributed by Independent writer and researcher Frances Stenlake. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elizabeth Robins 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(-29765.71863907 6609033.899319837) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5e8192b63cd65e20af76a21a498147be.png ded5e876229aa14285590934dceab3bb 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: Google Maps, 2021. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/a72547885529afcd8b440788dfa445ca.jpg e6b380c1f1e466e79fbaa1c4f625d54c 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 None given 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 Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 12 Nicoll Road, Willesden 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 Eleanor Penn Gaskell (c.1860-1937) was honorary secretary of the Willesden branch of the London Society for Women's Suffrage affiliated with the law-abiding National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). However, from 1908, she began subscribing to the Women’s Social and Political union (WSPU) and was arrested in 1908 for causing a disruption in Piccadilly Circus when distributing leaflets. In January 1910, a shop and office for the Northwest London branch of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was opened at 215 High Road Kilburn and managed by Eleanor. In 1911, when the government ordered all households to comply with the census, like numerous supporters of votes for women belonging to the WSPU she decided as an act of civil disobedience not to participate. Eleanor and her husband provided a 'hide out' at their home in 12 Nicoll Road, Willesden, for suffrage supporters who wished to illegally avoid completing the government census survey by staying away from their own homes on census night when officials came to collect. How many stayed there is unclear. George Gaskell, Eleanor's husband, was the only named person on the census for their address in Willesden, and he wrote on the census form (see image): “A number of women suffragists spent the night of 2nd April (census night) in my house. As members of a disenfranchised sex, they object to giving any particulars concerning themselves for the purpose of enumeration under a census act in the framing of which their sex has had no voice. They base their objection upon the principle that government should rest upon the consent of the governed, and as I myself uphold this democratic principle I do not feel justified in filling up any particulars concerning them against their will.” The Penn-Gaskell house was also where (see) Emily Wilding Davison was nursed back to health in June 1912 after hunger striking, being forcibly fed, and injuring herself in Holloway. Eleanor continued campaigning with the WSPU until 1915 when it dropped campaigning for the vote for ‘other purposes outside the scope of the Union’ and failed to publish its accounts. Eleanor then became a member of the breakaway Suffragettes of the WSPU. Sources: Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London: Routledge, 1999); www.suffrageresources.org.uk/database/1891/mrs-eleanor-charlotte-penn-gaskell; Dick Weindling at www.kilburnandwillesdenhistory.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-suffragettes-in-kilburn.html. Contributed by Alison Harman, Local history researcher and volunteer at Brent Museum and Archives. 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 Eleanor Penn Gaskell 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(-27880.523062748332 6716824.414071898) WSPU https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/11f6c7fcb88e9ea2df45732d29d3324a.jpg 906dad3f57f831104ba7de294a0cdac6 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 Eleanor Rathbone in 1910. Source: Special Collections & Archives at the University of Liverpool Library (RPXIV.3.96) https://manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk/?p=4131. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/96ff22d8f639abad6a71c62d05c0f22c.jpg f97dafb8aa9e6deb6358277231b7a2c7 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 Eleanor complies with the census in 1911. Source: courtesy of The National Archives. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/587276bdc5556bce86b02d16554ef6b5.jpg 1372bf79d89568cf8360cb8afb432f11 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 Eleanor's home 'Greenbank House' now used as a teaching facilities building by the University of Liverpool. Source: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/facilities-residential-and-commercial-services/ulcco-sp/completed-works/greenbankhouse/? https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/619114b04c53996b0348fa7619e292ae.jpg 7e13f922f3a9d08ef2099530f778fb39 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 Eleanor's Granby ward election flyer, 1910. Source: https://asenseofplace.com/2013/09/08/eleanor-rathbone-of-liverpool/ https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/252722df015c74c42c79fc5cef066960.jpg 3e4efd095d6c08673704e13af897980f 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 Eleanor Rathbone speaking in 1922. Source: The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/846edb2b0c13432c5b6e0314308b55b1.jpg bf0ea71b54f97ae9c10b824f4e87594f 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 Eleanor Rathbone speaking at National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship meeting at Aubrey House, 1925. Mrs Millicent Fawcett is on her right. Source: The Women's Library, LSE. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/7690bea4d39f238ff6656fb36686ee08.jpg e4276c9b3874e4aab304609a7e5dde72 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 Blue plaque at Greenbank. Source: https://openplaques.org/plaques/1406 Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Member of City Council & political organising 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 Greenbank House, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool. 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 Eleanor Florence Rathbone (1872-1946) was a committed suffragist, a dedicated feminist, and a pioneering social reformer. She dedicated her career to enhancing women’s rights. In addition to being the Honorary Secretary of the Liverpool branch of the NUWSS she was a member of the NUWSS Executive Committee. Eleanor did not support any extreme or illegal forms of protest. She routinely denounced and distanced herself from any extreme or violent acts carried out by the WSPU. She was born to William Rathbone VI and his second wife Emily Acheson Lyle. The Rathbones were a prominent Liverpool family, residing in Greenbank House in south Liverpool. The Rathbone family motto was ‘What ought to be done, can be done’, so from an early age a strong sense of civic duty and responsibility was instilled into Eleanor. She was expected to use her wealth, privilege, and influence to effect real social change. Eleanor’s father (a three term Liberal MP) supported women’s suffrage. He regularly attended local suffrage group meetings and supported John Stuart Mill’s attempt in 1866 to amend franchise legislation to include women. Eleanor studied Philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford, after leaving university she joined her local branch of the NUWSS and in 1897 was appointed Honorary Secretary of Liverpool NUWSS. As a suffragist Eleanor favoured peaceful and law-abiding methods of campaigning. She believed that the more militant and extreme acts carried out by the WSPU were counterproductive. She argued, to gain the vote, women needed to gain positions of power and influence at a local level. In 1909 Eleanor put her theory to the test, ran for public office and won. She was the first woman to be elected to Liverpool City Council. Eleanor’s first act in office was to secure a pledge from the council to publicly support the enfranchisement of women. The Census return for the Rathbone family home at Greenbank House, records Eleanor as single female living with her mother and number of domestic servants. Her full title in the Occupation column is difficult to read. However, it does mention her as a member of Liverpool City Council and her ‘political organising’. Eleanor’s approach to politics was the epitome of ‘doing things by the book’ so her compliance with the 1911 Census is not surprising. Eleanor served on Liverpool Council as an Independent Councillor for twenty-six years campaigning for better working conditions, child welfare reform, and the abolition of slum housing. Her career as suffrage campaigner included the negotiation of an important modification to the Representation of the People Act 1918. Eleanor’s amendment quadrupled the number of women eligible to vote at a local level. In 1919, Eleanor was appointed leader of National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship (formerly the NUWSS), under her leadership the organisation flourished and championed several female focused reforms. In 1929, she was elected to the House of Commons as an Independent MP, representing the Combined Universities seat. As an MP she set up a cross party committee to campaign for Refugee rights, coordinated the rescue of 4000 refugee children from the Basque region of Spain, and was an instrumental in the passing of the landmark Family Allowance Act. The latter is perhaps her greatest achievement as the payment still exists today in the form of Child Benefit. Sources: Susan Pederson, Eleanor Rathbone and the Politics of Conscience (2004); Krista Cowman, Mrs Brown is a Man and a Brother: Women in Merseyside's Political Organisations 1890-1920 (2004); Marij van Helmond, Mrs Brown is a Man and a Brother: Women in Merseyside's Political Organisations 1890-1920 (1992). Contributed by Jo Donnelly (The Herstorian Mum) www.theherstorianmum.co.uk Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eleanor Rathbone 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(-325802.2045635364 7054569.596885038) NUWSS https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/b4669a56b0a8e135a50918ac701f9601.jpg 368b0e8ff4edd01f3e243904ed87ef7c 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 WFL caravan tour, 1908. Ethel 'Madge' Turner is most likely the woman standing on the right with Muriel Matters left. The photograph was taken by Madge's sister, Winifred Turner, a photographer’s assistant. Source: The Women's Library, LSE (info Nichola Court). https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/5e63b383e74ec323e516f42c06234db2.png 6d19e7e4f5180a4b6279bb3056434799 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 Madge Turner's report on the London election. Source: The Vote, 10 December 1910, p.74 (LSE). https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/059b7363fcc845f671845d6dc64f406d.jpg da4048301178b99cd5303391797a1363 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 form for 65 Gloucester Crescent, London. Source: courtesy The National Archives. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/fbb22ce7d866978e3f2519be4ab8d583.jpg 149d98aaf3b980309fada2b10aae169d 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 cover 'Homeless person found in Hampstead Road'. Source: courtesy The National Archives https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/4ae89035db065c94d96e58598efbdb53.jpg caf6787f7bad67deae030809c8f1758a 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 Front cover of the order of service for the memorial service for Ethel Margaret (Madge) Turner, 1948. Source: The Women's Library, LSE (3AMS/A/07/23 TURNER). Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Organiser for the Women's Freedom League Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 26 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 65 Gloucester Crescent, 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 Evades Biographical Text Ethel Margaret Turner, known as Madge, was born in Chichester, West Sussex, on the 24th of July 1884. Her parents ran a successful grocery business. Local newspaper reports show that she was a Liberal from a young age and became a well-known speaker at political meetings. In June 1908, Madge assisted Muriel Matters when the Women’s Freedom League’s Caravan Campaign reached Chichester during its tour of south eastern England. A local branch of the WFL, based in Midhurst, was formed in July 1908. In February 1909, Madge – representing the West Sussex branch of the WFL - was one of 50-60 women arrested for obstructing the police while attempting to bear a resolution to the Prime Minister; she was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment in Holloway. On her release, Madge returned to West Sussex and spoke of her experiences at meetings in Midhurst and Chichester, where she met with a decidedly mixed reception. After her imprisonment, Madge became a more prominent speaker for the WFL before becoming an Organiser, which saw her leave West Sussex and work around the country on behalf of the WFL. By 1911, Madge was living with Alison Neilans at 65 Gloucester Crescent, London, and the circumstances surrounding the 1911 census return for that address are curious. Madge and Alison as WFL members evaded the census and were not present at Gloucester Crescent on census night. Therefore, the scant details (see image) are filled in by the registrar including those for another resident Lily Scott, a waitress in a coffee bar. However, it appears the women were found ‘wandering’ in Hampstead Road (several streets away from Gloucester Crescent) by police in an attempt to evade the census as the registrar makes note on the census cover for the address (see image). He refers to the incident being the subject of a 'Police report' on the bottom left of the census for Gloucester Crescent -though it is not clear whether this transpired. Since Madge and Alison evaded the census, no details are given of their employment, although Alison had been heavily involved in the administration of the WFL during its foundation years, serving on its National Executive Council. In 1919, Madge was appointed Assistant Secretary and Librarian for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene (Alison had been appointed Secretary in 1917), and also edited its monthly publication, The Shield. By 1918, Madge and Alison had moved to Asmun’s Place, Hampstead Garden Suburbs, where they would live together for the rest of their lives. They continued to work together for the Association for Moral and Society Hygiene, where Madge assumed the role of Secretary after ill health forced Alison to retire in 1941. As well as fulfilling her role as Secretary, Madge nursed Alison for two years, until her death in 1943. Madge retired from the Association in 1945, having written several publications on the life and work of Josephine Butler, including one in collaboration with Millicent Fawcett. A keen gardener, Madge was asked to write a book about the flowering plants of Great Britain. Although her own death on 19th February 1948 meant she was not able to correct the proofs, her detailed and meticulously researched book, ‘Common British Flowers’, was published later that same year. Madge was buried at St Mary’s church, Kenardington (Kent), where she and Alison had spent many happy weekends and holidays together. Sources: Nichola Court ‘The Chichester Martyr’ in Chichester History (The Journal of the Chichester Local History Society), No. 35 Summer 2019; Chichester Observer, 1900-1909 Bognor Observer, 1906-1908 Women’s Franchise, 1908-1909 Votes for Women, 1908-1909 The Vote, 1909-1911 Obituary for Ethel Margaret (Madge) Turner, London School of Economics [LSE], Women’s Library (3AMS/A/07/23 TURNER) Electoral registers, Hendon parish (1918-1948) Census returns (1891, 1901, 1911) Probate calendars and will of Madge Turner Index of suffragettes elected (The National Archives) Parish registers, St Peter the Great, Chichester (West Sussex Record Office); J Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census ( Manchester, 2014). Contributed by Nichola Court, Archivist, West Sussex Record Office. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ethel Margaret 'Madge' Turner 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(-16225.038419842665 6717100.207373738) WFL https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/8f642828aab9ed291122941bb0a1a1f6.bmp c85ded76210ab272d95135d53fe2ec6d 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 Jaakoff Prelooker. Source: unidentified. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/f3b5db148b208b237ed4257be5b69750.jpg 5f41ea99334f6a7a36d22e4db9700659 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 Brookside, Ifield, Crawley. Source: unidentified. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/bcd83c8364b30700632b150687a01839.jpg 7a8d45859712934ded995698d6c79660 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 Eastbourne Procession, February 1913. Jaakoff Prelooker is likely the figure on the right carrying the MLWS banner. https://olive-civet.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/files/original/e0989ed4e4fcf2bba37a57164a78ee61.jpg 920c1dec4b9da6bcf683ca56e885f116 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 Report on the procession. Source: Eastbourne Gazette, 12th Feb, 1913. 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 51 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 Brookside, Ifield, Crawley, West Sussex Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census MLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Jaakoff Prelooker (1860-1935) a Russian teacher and writer who advocated international peace, women’s rights and religious tolerance, lost his position in a Russian Government school and was excommunicated by the Jewish Assembly in Odessa as a heretic. He fled to London and in 1905 married an Englishwoman. The couple and their daughter moved first from Brixton to Eastbourne. They were living at Brookside, Ifield, Crawley by March 1908 when Prelooker was summoned to Horsham Police Court for withholding his rates and taxes as a protest against the political disqualification of women. On the Saturday that the police were due at 4pm to execute a distress warrant and seize Prelooker’s furniture, two open-air ‘demonstrations’ were arranged: at 3pm in the grounds of Prelooker’s house, and at 5.30pm in the High Street. Edith New and Nancy Lightman of the WSPU arrived from London with a ‘Votes for Women’ banner to attach to the Brookside gates. They and Prelooker delivered speeches to the assembled crowd but the police did not turn up. Their disappointed audience dispersed. The speakers then moved to the High Street to address another large crowd. The police postponed their visit until the Monday when the sums due and Court expenses were fully paid by Prelooker who announced that his object had been achieved: to make a moral protest for the purpose of public enlightenment. Later in 1908, during the four-month WFL caravan tour of Kent, Surrey and Sussex undertaken by Muriel Matters, Prelooker was ‘of great assistance’, and hosted a meeting in Crawley addressed by Edith How Martyn. In December 1912 he chaired a meeting at the town’s Railway Hotel addressed by Goldfinch Bate, of the International Women’s Franchise Club, and Dr Charles Drysdale, fellow member of the MLWS, who had a home in Henfield. In February 1913 Prelooker organised an exhibition in Eastbourne Town Hall on behalf of the MLWS. All the major suffrage societies took part and the event began with a procession round the town led by Prelooker carrying a NUWSS banner. The object of the exhibition was to demonstrate the extent of the women’s suffrage movement and displays included the products of sweated industries. Among the leading activists who made speeches were Edith Zangwill of the WSPU and the Jewish League for Women’s Suffrage, Revd Claude Hinscliff, founder with his wife Gertrude of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage, Margaret Kineton-Parkes of the WTRL, and Dr Charles Drysdale. The exhibition resulted in the formation of a branch of the MLWS in Eastbourne and new members for the NUWSS. In November 1912 Prelooker attended the first Congress of the Men’s International Alliance for Women’s Suffrage, held in London, and in August 1913 he represented this organisation at the 20th Universal Peace Conference at The Hague. Prelooker also continued to participate in local suffrage events. At a rally in Horsham’s Causeway in May 1913 of Florence de Fonblanque’s Marchers qui Vive, the speakers were ‘thanked at some length by a gentleman of markedly un-English appearance and a foreign accent’. Please note: 'Brookside' no longer exists and so its position on the map is approximate. Sources: East Grinstead Observer; Sussex County Herald; West Sussex County Times; Eastbourne Gazette; Suffragette; Women’s Franchise; The Vote. Contributed by independent researcher & writer Frances Stenlake. 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 Jaakoff Prelooker 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(-24252.843497282112 6642396.214575109) MLWS