1 10 290 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/713232292b1d8b11b48c1e227bff4eb6.png f5d6ab81edab48d04084b1fbde90239f 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 Tollemache House, Bailbrook Lane, Bath. Source: photo from Google maps. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/b0c5bc7f7d7a91aeaf45038e26e4ba5d.jpg 82bd7a928f2e62fd4070567d892f873b 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 Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 20 April 1911. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/6afe488933ba208113e8df34534a7529.jpg 88d4ba9784d445b0e15478102b288e47 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 Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 22 June 1912. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/df42f37a9fecf164a26669876353ec8e.jpg 7e9a92ee1c18a08e5eaebacfdb11c6da 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 Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 8 March 1913. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Gardener 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 Bathesaton Villa (Tollemache House) Bailbrook Lane, Somerset 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 Grace Tollemache, born in Rangoon, Burma, was the daughter of Reverend Clement Reginald Tollemache and Frances Josephine Simpson. Her great grandfather was nobleman Lord Huntingtower. Grace, alongside her sister Aethel, were friends and near neighbours with Mary Blathwayt and similarly became active suffrage workers. Grace joined the WSPU in 1910, a couple of years after her sister. In 1911, Grace evaded the census with a group of protesting suffragettes in an empty house in Lansdowne Crescent, Bath. Alongside her sister, who was playing the piano, Grace played violin to entertain her fellow suffragettes evading the census that night. Later that month, Grace used her musical abilities once again at the ‘Suffrage Social Gathering in Grove Street’. Alongside her sister, they arranged the programme and sang together in a trio with Miss Johnston. Grace also played two violin solos and was cast in the play as ‘Molly’. In March 1912, Grace Tollemache joined the WSPU’s window-smashing campaign and was sentenced to two months of hard labour. During this time Grace was sent oranges and dates from Mary Blathwayt and was visited by Mrs Kineton Parkes of the Tax Resistance League. In the same year, she provided a comment representing the Bath Suffragists’ views on The Reform Bill to the newspaper the Bath Chronicle. Aethel and Grace often protested cabinet minister meetings, including one in Trowbridge, in which they disguised themselves as "market women". From 1913, when Blathwayt stepped back, Aethel and Grace took over as providers of hospitality and organising for visiting WSPU speakers to Bath. Grace, specifically, became secretary of the Bath branch. In 1913, she protested the sale of her mother’s silver, which was seized by tax officials and sold as recompense when the Tollemache’s engaged in the ‘No Vote, No Tax’ strategy popular among many suffrage campaigners. The silver was purchased by Miss Bruere, a fellow suffrage activist, who duly returned them to Frances Tollemache. In 1914 the sisters were arrested outside Buckingham Palace after taking part in the deputation to the King on the 22nd of May. Grace received lighter punishment than her sister, only receiving a sentence of one day’s imprisonment. With this light punishment, Grace and another suffragette smashed a window at Buckingham Palace during a banquet. The King did not press charges. In July 1914, with her sister, Grace organised a garden party at which Annie Williams spoke. In 1914, the sisters committed to doing their part to support the war effort by ploughing their own field for crops. In the 1930's the Tollemache's turned part of The Villa into a hostel for hikers and in 1934, provided lunch to a group of Welsh hunger marchers who were protesting against unemployment. They also offered their home for Labour Party meetings and continued their musical pursuits in and around Bath. Grace Tollemache passed away in 1952. Sources: J Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote (Manchester, 2014); E Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide (London 1999); Lucienne Boyce, "Madder than ever": The Tollemache Family of Batheaston. Contributed by Jack Thompson, undergraduate researcher in history, University of Warwick. 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 Grace Tollemache 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(-259241.8319987059 6692867.65529727) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d2f9aedb455f47b40a98a415d3eb9a6b.png 3a5a61c682973f98a8f8497c05c3f092 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 postcard featuring one of the Tollemache sisters. It is not clear from the image whether this is Aethel or her sister Grace. Source: Museum of London. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d38290cdaf6caa90ec1e41bacf7add4c.jpg 441611597b3915456832eae9f7dd2f65 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 Londonderry Standard, 29 November 1911. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/9fe27c4e813c8d074ce8874cab77360a.jpg 65f88e4cb496444c085291224fa1fe75 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 Somerset Guardian & Radstock, 31 January 1913. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/86e701b6eedb936a8b67c7368afc432b.jpg 020caac8fac401950c5fcc93b08ca13f 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 London Daily Chronicle, 30 January 1913. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation cook/gardener Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 35 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Batheaston Villa (Tollemache House), Bailbrook Lane, Somerset 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 Aethel Tollemache, born in Rangoon, Burma, was the daughter of Reverend Clement Reginald Tollemache and Frances Josephine Simpson. Her great grandfather was nobleman Lord Huntingtower. Aethel, alongside her sister Grace, were friends and near neighbours with Mary Blathwayt, and similarly to Mary became active suffrage workers. In 1907, Aethel attended the WSPU meeting with Mary Blathwayt in Bristol, meeting leading WSPU figures Annie Kenney, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, and Christabel Pankhurst. In 1908, she was lent a copy of Helen Blackburn's 'Record of Women's Suffrage' by Mary Blathwayt. The same year, Aethel and Mary attended the Women's Parliament at Caxton Hall, with Aethel taking Lilias Ashworth Hallet's ticket. In 1911, Aethel took part in the suffragette boycott of the government census survey and evaded it with a group of protesting suffragettes in an empty house in Lansdowne Crescent, Bath. Alongside her sister, who was playing violin, Aethel played piano to entertain fellow suffragettes as they spent the night. Later that year, in November, Aethel was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment after breaking a window at the National Liberal Club. Despite vowing that "she disliked very much destroying property", there were further occasions of window-smashing from Aethel, such as in 1913, when Aethel mistakenly threw a stone and hammer at the window of Miss Bonser, neighbour of intended target Home Secretary, Mr McKenna. Aethel and Grace often protested cabinet minister meetings, including one in Trowbridge, in which they disguised themselves as "market women". Following Blathwayt's resignation in 1913, Aethel and Grace Tollemache took over her position as providers of hospitality to visiting WSPU speakers and Grace as Bath branch secretary. In 1914, the sisters were arrested in 1914 outside Buckingham Palace after taking part in the deputation to the King on the 22nd of May. Aethel received a harsher punishment than her sister and went on a hunger and thirst strike in Holloway prison. In July of the same year, with her sister, Aethel organised a garden party which Annie Williams spoke at. When war broke out the sisters committed to doing their part to support the war effort by ploughing their own field for crops. Aethel also revised her position, joining the socialist East London Federation of Suffragettes and becoming a pacifist. In 1917, Aethel was held for questioning in Leytonstone while canvassing for names for the Peace Memorial but released with a warning. In the 1930's the Tollemache's turned part of The Villa into a hostel for hikers. In 1934, they gave lunch to a group of Welsh hunger marchers, who were protesting unemployment. They also offered their home for Labour Party meetings and continued their musical pursuits in and around Bath. Aethel Tollemache passed away in 1955. Sources: J Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote (Manchester, 2014); E Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide (London 1999); Lucienne Boyce, "Madder than ever": The Tollemache Family of Batheaston. Contributed by Jack Thompson, Undergraduate history researcher, University of Warwick. 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 Aethel Tollemache 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(-259241.8319987059 6692867.65529727) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/548c04a43dded9b625550cd3c8562ed5.jpg a519be891e167f76e8100f3730fb3fd7 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 Springfield House. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/74cee9078820aa5de48b1a37aa2057db.jpg 2f43c86efe5174a511a36e6cc479c4ea 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 Springfield House no longer stands only its gates survive. Courtesy of Historic England www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197977 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/9e4cf8dd19f1a768d17b1eba6bbb6b28.jpg 1d4520d2c778c7c0e05a665ccbe42574 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 complies with the 1911 census. Courtesy: The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/59508d1023062c8ae48f6adca0283630.jpg fe0b1bd3e1019fa7fad376be00aed414 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 defending her family's 'Britishness' during the First World War. Source: The Wiltshire Times, 11 September, 1914. 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 30 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 Springfield, Hilperton Road, Trowbridge 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 Elizabeth Gramlick, referred to as Miss B Gramlich, worked in Trowbridge alongside Lillian Dove-Willcox as co-secretary of West Wiltshire Women’s Social and Political Union. Gramlick was one of several daughters of a wealthy family who resided at Springfield House in 1911. She was born in Vienna, as were her older sisters Emily (34), Martha (33), Minnie (32), Ellen (25) and Mary (24). Her parents were John Thomas Gramlick and Emily Gramlick. In 1901, the census shows them to be at Sea Road, Bournemouth, although they were all noted to be 'visitors'. By 1904, when Elizabeth's mother passed, the family were established in Trowbridge. The 1911 and 1921 census show that the entire family considered Springfield in Trowbridge their primary address during this period. Elizabeth was well known to Bristol and Bath tennis players having been actively connected with the Wiltshire tournament for some years. She was honorary secretary for Wiltshire Lawn Tennis Association in 1908. As part of the committee she dealt with the secretarial work, attended the inauguration of Junior Sports Club in Trowbridge. She also played in these tournaments. She was also involved in West Wilts Moonrakes Ladies' Hockey Club in 1907. In 1914, Elizabeth defending the Gramlick name, she refuted speculation of a Germanic Origin -understandable given the climate of hostility toward those of German extraction during the war. Alongside her sisters, in 1918, Elizabeth as part of the Trowbridge Branch of Girls' Friendly Society was involved in the annual Sale of Work. Elizabeth married in 1935 to John Conyngham McClintock, with the wedding taking place in St Mary's at Bryanston Square in London on the 2nd of March. Elizabeth was given away by Mr G. R. Thursfield and had no bridesmaids. The couple honeymooned in England. As a widow, she passed on the 27th of November,1951, leaving probate to nephews Anthony W. Murray and John J. H. Murray. key sources: copies of The Wiltshire News; J Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote (Manchester, 2014); www.thewomenwhomademe.wordpress.com. Contributed by: Jack Thompson, Undergraduate History Researcher, University of Warwick. 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 Gramlick 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(-244629.14508328855 6678747.96202902) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/4313e40858f93c8b41a2247ad940365f.png f7e6c15dc1c8921010f9f26fd76fe66e 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 Lillian Dove Wilcox portrait. Courtesy: Museum of London https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d8108a5b3891476ca40a9ea89479872c.jpg 4ff4d4bbbeacf8ffeaa53d0e9d6040dd 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 recording Lillian as 'spending the night in a caravan'. Courtesy: The National Archives https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/c6fa9899e53afbaf2cc757e90e6d79df.jpg 5268f77625ee7ad4167c13956dcd731f 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 Lillian at batheaston. Courtesy: www.bathintime.co.uk Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Suffragette worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 36 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Widow Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 1 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Bristol 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 Lillian Dove-Willcox was born in Bedminster, Bristol in 1875. Her mother had been a suffragist and by 1908 (the year her first husband died) Dove-Willcox was a member of the West of England branch of the Women's Social and Political Union. On the 29th of June 1909, she was arrested for taking part in the WSPU deputation to the House of Commons and was sentenced to one month imprisonment. She went on hunger strike and was released. In 1910, Dove-Willcox was invited to Eagle House at Batheaston, where she planted a Picea Orientalis. After WSPU organiser Annie Kenney left Bristol in 1911, Dove-Willcox became honorary secretary of the Bristol branch of the WSPU. She had a country cottage on a hill overlooking the Wye and Tintern where many suffragettes, including Mary Richardson (who slashed the famous painting The Rokeby Venus), went to recuperate from imprisonment. In 1911, Dove-Willcox, Annie Kenney, and Mildred Mansel worked from a house called Ivanhoe, in Bradford Road. In March of 1911, Lillian Dove Willcox stayed in Trowbridge Wiltshire to host a reception for women interested in the suffrage movement at the local Town Hall. She canvassed for the reception throughout West Wiltshire. It was reported by Dove-Willcox to have been a great success with a new West Wilts branch of the WSPU being established. As part of the suffragette boycott of the 1911 census 'No Vote No Census', Dove-Willcox reported that arrangements for an evasion had been made in Trowbridge, which was reported by The Wiltshire Times: “On Sunday night the work of the census was both passively and actively resisted in Trowbridge. Several ladies who are staunch supporters of the Votes for Women movement left their homes and spent the night out – who they were and where they spent the silent watches of the night, we refrain from mentioning.” Lillian Dove-Willcox is believed to have attempted to evade the census by heading out from Bristol into the Wiltshire countryside by caravan as noted on the census form. A census was completed for her at the local town hall on the 7th of April. On the 16th of February 1912, she heckled Bristol MP Charles Hobhouse at an anti-suffrage meeting in Colston Hall. She was a stalwart supporter of the Pankhursts and later became Mrs Pankhurst's bodyguard. On 9 March 1913, she was at St. Andrew's Hall in Glasgow when Pankhurst was arrested. In 1914, at St Pancras, London, Dove-Willcox married journalist Reginald Buckley. She gave birth to a daughter Diana, in 1915. That same year, she also became a member of the East London Federation of Suffragettes a break away society formed by Sylvia Pankhurst. Her husband passed, aged 37, in 1919. She lived at 15 Lyndhurst Road in London by 1947. In 1963, at this point living in The Park, Ealing, she subscribed to the Pethick-Lawrence Memorial Appeal Fund. She died in Ealing the same year. Key sources: E Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide (London 1999); L Boyce, A Suffrage Walk around Clifton Village; J Liddington, Caravanning for the Vote (http://www.jliddington.org.uk/1911b.html). Contributed by: Jack Thompson, Undergraduate History Researcher, University of Warwick. 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 Lillian Mary Dove Willcox 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(-290970.3358991697 6702399.7164743915) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d2ec843940e869f5d6eabb3feb7ea016.jpg 7b56c280003faf06f39a4b141989dead 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 Agnes Beddoe. Source: ‘How the Women’s Movement Began in Bristol Fifty Years Ago, 1918 ', LSE Digital Library’ https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/c5e3dbdaac209f85252864ef3ec9cfa7.jpg ba3a20c5a13bd9d0fbdb8f76967d834a 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: Morning Post 14 Nov 1892 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/cb8c040f96dd7fe4c5506fbb5e9e3b71.jpg d7a86387f15e6aa3ba1f2704502a6794 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. Source: courtesy The National Archives https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/9a261254b4f9fa08749366dc92d3318b.jpg 7ed9ea39f39248249aca37b406dad3a5 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 Suffrage banner featuring Agnes's name. Source: The Women's Library Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Wife of Doctor Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 81 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 The Chantry, Barton Orchard, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1LU 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 Agnes was born in Scotland in 1832. She married Dr John Beddoe, a physician and anthropologist, in 1852. She signed the 1866 suffrage petition, which was presented to parliament. She was a member of the first committee of the Bristol and Clifton branch of the National Society for Women’s Suffrage, which she remained on until her death. She spoke at talks across the country during the 1880s and presided over the grand demonstration held at Calston Hall in Bristol in 1880. Agnes was involved in the campaign to promote the Married Women's Property Act and lent her drawing room out in 1881 so Frances Power Cobbe could hold a series of lectures on the ‘duties of women’ to Bristolian women. In 1889, she became a member of the executive branch of the NUWSS and was also a member of the Women's Liberal Association. In that same year, she opened ‘Mrs Beddoe’s Working Women's Dwelling’ in Portland Square, Bristol. She let it out to 16 women who paid a sixpence for rent each. She later became a poor law guardian in 1896. While for the most part her activity centred around the NUWSS, she also lent some support to the WSPU, donating a small sum in 1909 and attending a Bath WSPU meeting front row in which Annie Kenney and Mrs Pankhurst were main speakers. Her husband died in 1911, but before his death, he was a supporter of the WSPU and president of the Bristol Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. At the time of the 1911 census, she was living in Chantry House in Bradford upon Avon. Agnes died in 1914. She is featured on a banner honouring the early suffrage campaigners, which is currently held at the LSE Women’s Library. Sources: Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London, 1999); Reed, Hayley, 2016. ‘The Women behind the Suffrage Banner’, LSE History - Telling LSE’s Story <https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2016/06/08/the-women-behind-suffrage-banner/#:~:text=Agnes%20Montgomerie%20Beddoe%20was%20member,the%20Married%20Women's%20Property%20Act>. 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 Agnes Montgomery Beddoe 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(-251159.87089251896 6682767.224238933) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/45ebb7ce288f3a46d023d2f121330dea.jpg 581597e952528c81ed76789c65fa9c64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie Kenney postcard. Source: Parliamentary Archives, STH/DS/4/9/3 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/5404882615709b48e19f908848f9c611.jpg bcd46b804f451c733ff42054ad82c61c 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 showing refusal to give information. Source: courtesy The National Archives https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/3fd727ca9d0e1351637b57d2aee032c9.jpg 3355161218e82d39882884709111bdf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie Kenney in a car with Mrs Pankhurst. Source: Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London, UCL Press, 1999). https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/5c026989053a6067cfa5db223040f7c5.jpg 71310a1c79696a0b06a6d10931a79d19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie on front cover of Suffragette magazine. Source: © The British Library https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7766bb8ef2a1185bcfd6dcdc21f78fa1.jpg b611daea1904eab40ee5d4652f009691 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie's National Registration Act 1915 certificate. Source & copyright: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/51b47143be30aafc5833ec96795f4158.jpg 421044876e930acc8bea1b41ec5c139a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie Kenney holding her son Warwick. The reverse reads: 'Warwick Kenney Taylor at three months old. Taken Isle of Arran, Scotland, 1921.' Source: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. 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Source: image Jim McMahon MP https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Suffragette Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 31 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 9 Whatley Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2PS 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 Annie Kenney was born to Ann Wood and Horatio Kenney in Lancashire in 1879. Three of her sisters, Jessie, Jane and Nell, were also involved in the suffrage movement. She began part-time work in a mill at 10 years old, meaning the image of her as a suffragette mill girl was often used in campaign propaganda to appeal to working class women. After the sudden death of her mother in 1905, she was invited with her sisters to the spring meeting of the Oldham Trades Council, which was focused on the suffrage movement led by Christabel Pankhurst and Teresa Billington. After attending, Annie promised to set up a meeting with other factory women in Oldham and Leeds. On the 13th of October 1905, Annie was arrested with Christabel Pankhurst at a Liberal party meeting held by Winston Churchill and Sir Edward Grey in Manchester. Annie had asked if the Liberals would make Women’s suffrage a government measure, and the pair were removed from the meeting forcibly without getting a reply. Annie was charged with obstruction, and the two refused to pay the fine. instead, being imprisoned due to the publicity it could create. Annie was imprisoned for 3 days before being released. This was one of the first arrests for militancy under the suffrage movement. Her actions led to her being invited to travel to London with Teresa Billington and to pose her question to Sir Edward Grey again. The money for her was raised by raffling a picture of Sylvia Pankhurst and a social gathering of the Manchester Labour Party. She asked Sir Edward Grey again, and when he didn’t reply she interrupted his speech, leading to her being evicted from Albert Hall. Annie helped set up the first WSPU meeting in London, approaching Keir Hardie, W.T. Stead and Isabella Ford to rent out Caxton Hall. Despite her working-class background, Annie was effective at winning over wealthy women to the cause, both Lady Carlisle and Clara Modran were won over by her appeal. The future treasurer Emeline Pethick-Lawrence was also won over by Kenney. On the 9th of March 1906, Annie marched, with Irene Fenwick Miller, Flora Drummond and a group of other suffragettes to 10 Downing Street. They demanded to see the Prime Minister and clung to the railings and door knocker, although the police were called, the Prime Minister didn’t press charges. Annie was arrested a second time in June 1906 after leading a deputation alongside Adelaide Knight and Minnie Baldock outside Henry Asquith’s house. She was imprisoned for 6 weeks, and upon her release, she did a lecture around Yorkshire and Lancashire. After the success of the first women’s parliament in February 1907, she went back to Lancashire with fellow suffragette Adela Pankhurst to mobilise female textile workers. Many of these women travelled to London for the second women's parliament in March, and 75 of them were arrested outside parliament. Annie was made WSPU Organiser in 1907, being paid £2 a week. On her arrival, she was helped by Bristol suffragettes Anna Maria and Mary Priestman (see map) among others. She spoke at the first WSPU meeting in Bath hosted by Mary Blathwayt, with whom she was close friends and stayed with on many occasions. Mary Blathwayt and Christabel Pankhurst were both heavily influenced by Kenney. Annie resisted the 1911 census while living in Bristol, citing her occupation as a suffragette and refusing to provide any more information. She claimed to have housed a large group of resistors, but the evidence makes this uncertain. After the window-smashing campaign in 1912 that led to Christabel fleeing to France due to warrants being out for the WSPU leaders, Kenney became the surrogate leader, regularly travelling to France each weekend. This continued until she was arrested in April 1913 for inciting a riot. She was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment but was released under the Cat and Mouse Act due to her hunger strike. This led to a recurring pattern of re-arrests, hunger strikes and releases. In August 1913, her frail state after a hunger strike was used by the WSPU as she was brought to meetings on stretchers. After this event, she evaded until she tried to seek sanctuary with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who refused. After this and until the outbreak of war, she evaded the police before leaving for America to help suffrage campaigns in Dakota, Montana and Nevada. Throughout the war, she supported multiple Pankhurst campaigns before resigning in 1918 from helping the Pankhursts after Christabel's failed election campaign. She married John Taylor in 1920, whom she met on the Isle of Arran. They had a son, Warwick Kenney Taylor, in 1921, and Annie resigned from the suffrage movement to live a quiet domestic life dedicated to caring for her son. She died in 1952, aged 73. In 2018, a statue of Kenney was erected in Oldham to honour her pivotal role in the movement. Sources: Liddington, Jill, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census Manchester, 2014); Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999); News, BBC. 2018. ‘Annie Kenney: Statue to Mark “Overlooked” Suffragette’, BBC News <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-45918651> [accessed 9 June 2025]; Coughlan, Sean. 2018. ‘Imprisoned Suffragette Letter Discovered’, BBC News <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-45576262> [accessed 9 June 2025]. 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 Annie Kenney 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(-290850.6037335786 6703913.603399612) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/4486c4536ffa772efd88417fdaec6f36.jpg 2e0b2b32d8c245439ecf9180411bfdc1 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 Lilian Lenton. Source & credit: Creative Commons https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/6138887a24bfffaf3d9cbae77c142166.jpg f8381ceb2efed72ac1fd1df8eb57bd4e 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 burned down pavilion at Kew. Source & credit: Creative Commons. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/de4601b84c3d30701e51974ffb2e7838.jpg b77bdb2e359e06dbd93b0a168cf12445 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 Lilian Lenton recovering from imprisonment. Source: © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of The British Library Board. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/2d6ff47de7ec87dd2165acce4d24b0fa.jpg 819fe4c84f7888d081dd59f2d4c21aee 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 Dancer Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 20 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 32 Pennywell Rd, St Jude's, Bristol BS5 0SR 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 Lilian Ida Lenton was born in 1891 in Leicester to Isaac and Mahalah Lenton. She evaded the 1911 census with her mother while living at 32 Pennywell Road in Bristol. The location on the map is approximated due to extensive redevelopment. She joined the WSPU in 1912 after turning 21 and completing her education. She was first arrested as ‘Ida Inkley’ for participating in a WSPU window-smashing campaign and imprisoned for 2 months. When the WSPU continued militancy in 1913, she set fire to the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens with the help of fellow suffragette Olive Wharry. After being arrested, she went on a hunger strike for 2 days, during which she was forcibly fed by a nasal tube. She was released after falling ill due to food entering her lungs. The home secretary faced criticism for claiming it was her hunger strike that led to her illness, and she was not force-fed, despite Home Office papers clearly detailing Lilian Lenton being force-fed. She avoided recapture after her recovery but was re-arrested in Doncaster as ‘May Dennis’ for being on the premises of an unoccupied house that was on fire. Lilian Lenton was released from Armley prison after a multiple-day hunger strike in which she was not forcibly fed. She again escaped police, leading to Leeds police publishing a damming report on how she has evaded their control. She escaped by private yacht to France, leading to the Home Office releasing a wanted picture of Lenton. She returned to England soon after her escape to be rearrested at Paddington station in 1913 after trying to claim a bike from lost property. She again went on a hunger strike and was forcibly fed until her release, where she avoided recapture until the 22nd of December 1913 after setting fire to a house in Cheltenham. After hunger and thirst striking again, she was released into the care of Mrs Impey in Birmingham on Christmas Day. She recalled in an interview with the BBC in 1960 that there was a gap between the Cheltenham police ‘depositing’ her at the house and the arrival of Birmingham police to survey the house and prevent her escape until she could be rearrested under the cat and mouse act. She used that gap to escape and described the Birmingham police as ‘surrounding the house watching for the mouse that had already escaped’. She evaded police until May 1914, when she was arrested in Birkenhead but soon released under the Cat and Mouse act due to Lenton's hunger strike. She was not arrested again as she avoided recapture until the WSPU ended their militancy in August 1914 because of the outbreak of war. Lenton later expressed in a BBC interview that she was not satisfied with the terms of the women's vote granted in 1918, as she could not vote for many years despite being over 30, as she didn’t have a husband or meet the property qualifications. During the First World War, Lenton worked in Serbia with the Scottish Women's Hospital unit and later worked for the British Embassy in Stockholm. From 1924-33, she was a travelling organiser and speaker for the Women’s Freedom League, editing the WFL bulletin. In 1970, she helped unveil a memorial to the women who fought for the vote in Christchurch Gardens, Westminster. She died in 1972, aged 84. Liddington, Jill, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester, 2014); Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999); ‘BBC Archive 1960: Lilian Lenton Suffragettes’ (2024)BBC <https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c72p2n2479go>; ‌Bell, Bethan (2018) ‘Actresses and Arsonists: Women Who Won the Vote’, BBC News <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42635771> .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 Lilian Lenton 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(-286873.1073318325 6703196.359415113) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d9e30e67d899b11d946042a642bac767.jpg b2dce46acfa02fc26583323c5489ce11 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 Mary is on the right with her sister Anna Maria on the left and Margaret Tanner standing . 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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 80 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 37 Durdham Park, Redland, Bristol BS6 6XF Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Mary was born in 1830 in Newcastle. Her mother, Rachel Bragg, was a prominent anti-slavery agitator. Alongside her sister, Anna Maria, she signed the 1866 suffrage petition. Mary moved to Bristol with her sister in 1870, where they both lived at 37 Durdham Park until their deaths. Mary engaged in Tax non-payment alongside Anna Maria, where their dining chairs were removed to pay the tax until someone anonymously paid the fine, and their chairs were returned. Mary followed her older sister’s activism, being a member of the executive committee of the Women’s Liberal Federation in Bristol in 1898. She also became a member of the executive committee for the Union of Practical Suffragists, set up by her sister Anna Maria in 1896. Mary joined the WSPU alongside Anna Maria in 1907, with them jointly contributing £25 in 1908 and a further £10 in September and October 1909. She contributed to the election expenses of George Lansbury, a suffrage candidate supported by Christabel Pankhurst. She complied with the 1911 census alongside Anna Maria as by this time, like her sister, had instead become a member of the peaceful NUWSS. Due to her Quaker beliefs, Mary was a pacifist who was deeply concerned by the Boer War at its outbreak in 1899. Mary died within 5 days of her older sister Anna Maria in October 1914, and it has been inferred they were heartbroken at the looming prospect of the Great War and one the loss of the other. Sources: Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999); Liddington, Jill, Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (Manchester 2014). 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 Mary Priestman 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(-291024.0899848805 6705718.838145269) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/69d1046ec1182ed0a45b8b73a603bf40.jpg 7eca4c1b4398d1deec05185b78bf9871 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 Lady Frances Balfour. Source and credit: © National Portrait Gallery, London https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/3de72314cf8dfce05eb25ed67e5262e8.jpg 5b165bcd1687ccea92994e8611de3cd0 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: Isle of Wight Times, 2 Nov 1911 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/a7eaa56866cb67140ab8883dae516dd9.jpg 374634a17ac2b92de5b59fe131cf1e79 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 finds Lady Balfour visiting the Bishop of the Church of England. Source: courtesy The National Archives 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 53 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 32 Addison Road, Kensington, London 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 Frances Elizabeth Balfour was born in 1858 to her father, the 8th duke of Argyll and her mother, the daughter of the 2nd duke of Sutherland. She was brought up in a traditionally liberal household. Her family strongly supported slave emancipation. Her eldest brother married Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Frances Married Architect Eustace Balfour in 1879. Eustace was the younger brother of Arthur Balfour, the Conservative Prime Minister from 1902-1905. Frances and Eustace had 5 children together. She became close friends with her sister-in-law, Lady Betty Balfour, who was also the sister of Lady Constance Lytton. In her memoirs, she said she always passively believed in women's suffrage, and she began helping the cause in the 1880s, working with active suffragists, Miss Jenner. Her political education grew as she became a member of the executive committee of the Unionist Women’s Association from the 1890s. In 1896, she became the president of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage as well as a member of the special appeals committee. In 1904, she became president of the Central Society for Women’s Suffrage, a position she held until 1914. In 1906, she became a member of the Women’s Franchise Declaration Committee. In that same year, she donated 1 guinea to the WSPU to help fund the Savoy banquet for released suffragette prisoners. She reluctantly took part in the mud march held by the NUWSS in 1907. She became a member of the NUWSS executive committee in 1903, but in a 1911 meeting, it was decided she would not be re-elected as she didn’t attend enough meetings. However, if she were not re-elected, she would be named vice-president. Frances complied with the 1911 census. She is recorded as a visitor at the palace in Peterborough, which is the residence of the bishop of Peterborough. However, she is placed on the map where she was based throughotu the campaign in Kensington, London. On the 27th of October 1911, she spoke at a NUWSS meeting in Newport on the Isle of Wight, chaired by MP Douglas Hall. She also spoke in Shanklin the next day at a meeting for the NUWSS. As a traditional Liberal, she was initially against the NUWSS election fighting fund, but she later came around to it as she felt it was the correct approach. She continued her work with women after the war. In 1922, she became vice president of the Elizabeth Garrett Hospital and of Edinburgh Hospital and Dispensary for women and children. She died in 1931. Sources: Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999). 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/. 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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). 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