12 10 290 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/cfc6b4e47c2da7bd02ac639ff8be7904.jpg d7036483b4bb0333989a10f744d225de 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 Emma circa 1910. Source & Copyright: Wolverhampton Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/fac07d460235ce0252ca6da9be6d5640.png 9a26943a20e50ae2d4a1ed006c603bc2 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 Emma's name in the Home Office 'Suffragettes Arrested Index'. Source: courtesy of The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/77b7f4eb224ad76aeebc6cdc56a09953.jpg 7651b35f0bc2ddf7ef7e53bed7867df1 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. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/a0461e4a1f0903e6d303f2cc26c8659b.png f0af62150f3951e67d004b07aa7cf05f 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 Poem Emma wrote in Stafford prison in 1911. Source: The Vote, 15 July, 1911. 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 43 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 Kelmscott, 225 Hordern Road, Wolverhampton 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 Complies Biographical Text Emma Sproson (nee Lloyd) was born in West Bromwich in 1867. She left school at 13 years of age to work in domestic service. The family moved to Daisy Bank, Bilston in 1875, where Emma took an interest in socialism and feminism and educated herself. She joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in Wolverhampton in 1895, where she met its secretary, Frank Sproson, a postman whom she married in 1896. In 1906, Frank invited Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst of the suffragette WSPU to Wolverhampton to speak, and Emma joined the WSPU the same year. Frank was fully supportive of Emma's Votes for Women activity. In February 1907, Emma took part in a suffragette march to Parliament Square, London, where more than 700 suffragettes attempted to force their way into the Houses of Parliament. Sixty-seven women were arrested, including Emma, and served 14 days in Holloway Prison. At that time she had two young children at home and a six month old baby so going to prison represented a huge sacrifice. She was arrested in a further raid on the House of Commons on 18 March 1907, along with (see) Elizabeth Price. On her prison experience she wrote: 'I measured my cell with my feet, and the shoes they gave me were too big and different sizes. My dress was a coarse grey linsey, covered with broad arrows… The bed was coarse, fibre mattress and pillow, placed on a plank 4” from the floor… Near the top of the thick iron door, such as you see in a large safe, was a space that converged to a glass-like bull’s eye. When I heard a click, I knew that a Warder was using it for observation… I did not sleep the first night.’ On her release she held a meeting in Wolverhampton, and toured around the Black Country arguing against women's low wages and poor working conditions. When there was a break within the WSPU in 1907, Emma joined the resulting breakaway society the Women's Freedom League (WFL) becoming Wolverhampton branch secretary and a member of its National committee by 1908 undertaking extensive countrywide speaking tours. She likely broke from the WSPU because of its split with the ILP. In 1911, she complied with the government census survey but by then she was also a member of the Women's Tax Resistance League and so was arrested and imprisoned in May that year for refusing to pay her dog license. She went on hunger strike in prison when she was not classed as a political prisoner. Her dog was sadly shot by the police. In 1912, and disillusioned by suffrage politics, she resigned from the WFL and afterwards took little interest in the movement, focusing instead upon improving social conditions. Emma also known as “Red Emma”, later became the first woman Councillor for Wolverhampton Borough Council when she was elected for Dunstall Ward in 1921 and was re-elected in 1924. Emma died in 1936. Contributed by Heidi McIntosh, Senior Archivist, Wolverhampton City Archives. Please note: Wolverhampton Archives is currently closed due to Covid 19 and so document access is restricted. However, we will be adding more images in relation to Emma Sproson including prison accounts and letters as soon as possible. Additional Sources: Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 (London); Nicola Gould https://nicolagauld.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/emmas-prison-experience/ 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 Emma Sproson 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(-239389.114013397 6909058.29375488) WFL https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ee098aac0fdec040e1c080224cb9fd87.jpg a317e4c62f1525a1b7965b3ed94c8c1f 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: Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic, 19 Dec 1931. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7bc1d802b06cb20b295c73b5b37face1.jpg 3ec49489edf930fa9a2de6259aa5e938 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 Emmeline and her husband Edward evaded but were recorded on the census by surname only at their nearby friend Charlotte Bardsley's Guesthouse at 'Snowden'. Source: 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 60 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 'Glenroy', now Sydenham Villas Road, Cheltenham 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 Emmeline Wilkins was married to a retired stockbroker, (see) Edward Wilkins, and they had two sons. They had lived in Cheltenham since the late 1880s and had founded the Vegetarian Society there in the early 1990s (possibly also the Anti-Vivisection Society). Emmeline appeared as the NUWSS representative in a 1907 delegation to the local MP but became a member of the WFL when it was set up in the town. She appeared on its platform a number of times, most notably at a rowdy meeting in the Town Hall in 1908 when the national leaders, Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington-Greig, were attacked by heckling opponents. In 1911, both she and her husband were probably living at 'Glenroy' - now in Sydenham Villa's Road - but evaded the census and were listed by name only by the enumerator at a Food Reform Guesthouse (see image) down the road where they seemed to have spent periods of time, together with its proprietor (see) Charlotte Bardsley (also a WFL activist). Researcher/contributor: Sue Jones author of 'Votes for Women: Cheltenham and the Cotswolds' (The History Press, 2018). 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 Emmeline Wilkins 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(-229888.74131610183 6781351.180098) WFL https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d70ca9318c11fd6d53bf993cdfcbe188.png 514a041a75ed6227815fad4f02e67266 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 Ernestine in her Kensington studio wearing heat shield face protector. Source & copyright: Irene Cockroft https://artjewelryforum.org/articles/ernestine-mills-angel-of-hope/ https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/8119a13a35583ea72b7a3e814186964c.jpg 4ef28782a6d227e0c9b6d3d7bcfa8743 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 Ernestine Mills (mirror with enamelled copper plate) circa 1905. Source: V&A Museum (136.1958). https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/732286cf6306ef2eff3ab67fc20c80bd.jpg 611066efc2e45fa95692a06ad6de304a 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 Anti Suffragist' postcard published by Ernestine Mills. Source: The Women's Library, LSE. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/e4845dac05e58d80b332c8a9f9c82cee.png d86f72664da4d84937dc8342b92aba0c 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 Angel of Hope pendant (1909) by Ernestine Mills presented to WSPU Kensington branch Secretary Louise Eates. Source & copyright: Irene Cockroft/Museum of London. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ba8ca80eec20b2ee7d15b31de19553ec.jpg 6737c95d40b5398e2fa5813c723c5e41 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 1911 census record for Ernestine's home at 21 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington. The Mills were away in Dorset on holiday so it was completed by their servants. Source: courtesy The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7dbfe7cafcea153f1f858013287c2fff.jpg 0ecda3f2304a877d358940d8fead143c 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 Mills were recorded on the 1911 census holidaying in Dorset. Source: courtesy The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Artist in silver & enamel Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 37 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 21 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington 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 Ernestine Mills (1871-1959) was born in Hastings, Sussex, to Major Thomas Evans Bell and his wife Emily. They had two daughters, but Ernestine’s elder sister died aged nine in 1878. Both Ernestine’s parents were supportive of female suffrage. Her father had belonged in 1868 (just after its founding) to the London National Society for Women’s Suffrage; in 1866 her mother had signed the first nationally organised suffrage petition; and both had been members of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women’s Suffrage 1871-2. In the 1890s, Ernestine attended the Slade school of art also taking classes at Finsbury Central Technical School and the South Kensington School of Art where she focussed on enamelling. In 1898, she married medical Dr Herbert Mills and the couple had a daughter Hermia in 1902. Often considered the death knell for women’s artistic careers, marriage and motherhood did not dint Ernestine’s who exhibited widely from 1900 with the Royal Academy; the Royal Miniature Society; and the Society of Women Artists among others. She served her apprenticeship with pre-Raphaelite artist Frederic Shields (he had been a friend to her mother) and later edited a work on his life and letters (1912). By 1909 she was a member of the Fabian Women’s Group and the Women’s Guild of Art. She joined the WSPU in 1907 but does not appear to have participated in its law-breaking activities. She and Herbert did not boycott the 1911 census, one of the more accessible forms of suffragette activism, but instead complied. They were recorded away on holiday in Dorset on the census, their servants filling in the form for their usual address (where they are located on the map) at 21 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington, in their absence. Ernestine published two suffrage postcards independently: ‘The Anti-Suffragist’ and ‘The New Mrs Partington’. She also produced and sold enamelled jewellery to raise funds for the WSPU. Ernestine made enamelled silver pendants awarded to Louise Eates (secretary of the Kensington WSPU) and Leila Cadiz (pseudonym ‘Margaret Murphy’ an Irish hunger-striking suffragette) and her work continued for the cause after the cause was won. In 1930, she enamelled a portrait of constitutional campaign leader Lady France Balfour and in 1950, made an enamel plaque to commemorate the Brackenbury sisters (see) and their mother’s work during the campaign (commissioned by the Suffragette Fellowship). The plaque still adorns the Brackenburys former Kensington home. Sources: Elizabeth Crawford, Art and Suffrage: A Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Artists (Francis Boutle 2018); Irene Cockroft, New Dawn Women: Women in the Arts and Crafts and Suffrage Movements at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Watts 2005) & Ernestine Mills: Angel of Hope https://artjewelryforum.org/articles/ernestine-mills-angel-of-hope/. Contributed by Tara Morton (Warwick University) as part of the Mapping British Women Artists 1750-1950 project & Research Group, which is affiliated with The British Art Network (led and supported by Tate and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, with public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ernestine Mills 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(-22592.068014368444 6709848.392116847) https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/491a2f86e0ff91da1721c65cd7f58d7b.jpg d96b35d4ba92b4ac93af4e7ee06845f2 Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 25 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Suncote, Lower Lady Hills, Kenilworth, CV8 2GN Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation No occupation Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CUWFA Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Miss Eagles attended many CUWFA meetings from its formation in 1908 and throughout 1911. The CUWFA was founded to work peacefully and constitutionally for ‘the removal of the sex disqualification from the franchise’ by bringing Conservative and Unionist’s together. Further research is needed on Esther. Contributor/researcher: 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 Esther Margaret Eagles Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-175051.54677651904 6864080.792173243) CUWFA https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/2a599f64d41561eb1afd160f9624ace0.png 22e7fa6f6bda8f30368a1b7dd2e2baee 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 Esther Roper c. 1892 as a student at Owen's College. Source: The Women's Library (LSE). https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ba3453efc0826a7aec3ecd49feb65303.png 80479d04de1f3f9df40ce97f5463973f 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 Esther Roper (seated) at work with Edith Palliser (left) & Mrs Blaxter c. 1905. Original Source: The Women's Library (LSE) TWL2009.02.141. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/2d39ecf384b781c0dfe7bd588822730b.png ef0639d95f7221a4bc13e496d2070ef4 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 Esther Roper & Eva Gore-Booth gravestone in Hampstead. Source: www.spirited.org.uk Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Secretary Industrial and Professional Women's Society Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 43 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 Cringle Brook, 4 Park Crescent, Victoria Park, Manchester 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 Evades Biographical Text Esther Gertrude Roper was born on 4 August 1868, in Lindow, Cheshire. Her father had been a factory hand who turned to the Church Missionary Society to improve himself. He spent six years on missionary work in Yoruba, before marrying a teacher, Annie Craig. Esther was the couple’s first child and was looked after by grandparents or sent to the Church Missionary Society’s (CMS) Boarding school in Highbury, London, while her parents continued their work in Africa. When Edward Roper returned to England in 1874, he spent three years preaching around Lancashire. Esther went with him on many of these journeys. Aged only 6, she had an early introduction to the harsh conditions experienced in the textile industries. Annie valued education and Esther was sent to school rather than out to work. With support from the CMS, Esther was enrolled as one of the first women students at Owens College (see image), Manchester, graduating with a degree in 1891. Whilst at Owens, Esther became involved in the Debating Society, and in settlement work. This convinced her to work for women’s suffrage, and the cause of women’s rights – particularly fair and equal pay for working class women. In 1893, Esther took over and re-invigorated the North of England Society for Women’s Suffrage. She traveled extensively around Lancashire collecting signatures for Millicent Fawcett’s special appeal and became an executive member for the NUWSS in London. In 1896, Esther’s life completely changed, when she met the radical Irish writer (see) Eva Gore-Booth. Both were recuperating in Italy and whilst it is in not clear whether the two women became lovers, certainly they fell in love, and remained so for the rest of their lives. Eva moved to Manchester to be with Esther, and the two women then lived together until Eva’s death in 1926. Esther’s work for women’s right was prodigious. Although not a natural orator, she spoke at meetings all over the country, arguing that the vote would empower women to achieve equality in the working world – in training, opportunity, and most importantly, wages. She criticised protective legislation which limited women’s opportunities and often their wages. In line with this, she campaigned hard against legal restrictions on the work of Pit Brow Lasses in Lancashire and of Barmaids and pub Landladies across the country. In 1911, Esther and Eva were living in Victoria Park in Manchester. The census record describes Esther as ‘the occupier’ (see Eva Gore Booth's entry for census form). However, neither woman was in the property on census night, nor are they recorded elsewhere. It is highly possible that they took part in the mass evasion ‘sleepover’ at Denison House– (see Jessie Stephenson WSPU member). Jill Liddington, in Vanishing for the Vote (2014) describes them as ‘probably present’ (p.178). In 1913, the couple moved to London for Eva’s health. During the war both women supported conscientious objectors, welfare work, and the peace campaign. After Eva’s early death, Esther devoted herself to organising the publication of her poetry and other writing, maintaining herself with some history teaching. Esther died in April 1938 and the two are buried together in Hampstead. Sources: Sonia Tierman, Eva Gore Booth: An Image of Such Politics (Manchester: 2012); Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the Vote (Manchester: 2014); Helen Antrobus & Andrew Simcock, First in the Fight (Manchester: 2019). Contributed by Evelyn Cook, Independent Researcher. 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 Esther Roper 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(-247385.1930359648 7067337.600600301) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/e16167016dca67a1d9e269234cd0da38.jpg 1d89bf2ba80725950b7dc1254eaa6996 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 Ethel as a Postwoman during the First World War. Source & copyright permissions, Ethel Baldock's family. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/824f33ca670e1ed9922130ae7650e564.jpg 67ea8a2737ef93659bb126acb13e7847 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 Ethel's 1911 census form. Courtesy: The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/2680be761260e5838cd1c2db6f05eff3.JPG 0f127f8b531f81e0a0eea5d9fa97e468 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 Ethel (far left, holding a book) with her father, new stepmother Martha & family in 1899. Courtesy & copyright permission, Ethel Baldock's family. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Housemaid & Waitress in hotel Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 18 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 40 Little Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 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 Ethel Violet Baldock (1893 to 1939) was born in Gravesend, Kent to Frances Elizabeth and Samuel Baldock. She was their fifth daughter, one of eight children (six girls and two boys). Ethel’s mother and one of her sisters (aged 7 years) died in 1899 from meningitis. Ethel’s father employed a housekeeper, Martha Nelson and she and her daughter, May, moved into the house. Samuel Baldock married Martha shortly after this. Ethel and her siblings did not get along with Martha or May. The Baldock girls all went into service at 12 years old and were found ‘good’ positions by their Aunt Jane (their father’s sister). In 1911 Ethel was living with one of her older sisters, Florence, and her husband but worked elsewhere in a Tunbridge Wells hotel as a house maid/waitress. Records have not yet been identified listing Ethel as a WSPU or other suffrage society member but in 1912 she participated in the WSPU window smashing campaign. Ethel was arrested with well-known suffragette, Violet Bland, for smashing the window of the Commercial Cable building at 1 Northumberland Avenue on 1st March 1912. They, along with nearly 200 other women arrested for window smashing were held in Holloway prison. These women were called ‘vitrifragists’, or ‘glass-breakers’ by a newspaper. Emmeline Pankhurst was among those arrested and imprisoned that night. Ethel and Violet had a hearing on 9 March and were charged and committed to trial on 26th March. At the trial, Ethel was released and Violet sentenced to 4 months’ imprisonment. Violet was sent to Aylesbury prison, she immediately went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed. Violet stated in their trial that she had been provoked to participate in the window smashing because of MP Mr Hobhouse’s words. He had said that universal suffrage was not the majority view as women had not destroyed property like men had during the 1832 Reform Act riots. It is not clear what, if anything, Ethel said at their trial but it is possible that she had heard either first or second hand Mr Hobhouse’s speech as he had visited and spoken at a meeting in Tunbridge Wells in January 1912. It is unknown if Ethel was ever in touch with Violet again. She went on to marry Arthur Hodge in 1915 and had one son, Donald, in 1919. To learn more about Ethel’s story, see, Jennifer Godfrey, Suffragettes of Kent, (Pen & Sword Ltd, 2019). Researched & contributed by Jennifer Godfrey. 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 Baldock 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(29340.589503789666 6643796.998912379) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/e46638818a7e4171c0d72a50c26800b4.png 16a225c471173b2f7584b2af6d3c54d9 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove. Source: Google Maps 2020. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/aac0f1bb392af2cf2590a14b9f84cd2d.jpg 0d50e56efbda4045f43b1a2489e9fe2f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Source: The National Archives Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Domestic nurse and suffrage worker 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 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove, Sussex 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 Resists Biographical Text Ethel Prudence Scaife Close (1876-1957) was born in 1876 in Ealing, the fourth daughter of Prudence and Richard Close, clergyman. The family lived in Hammersmith, Eastbourne, Worthing and Hove. With her three sisters, Ethel was involved in good causes and helped organise a fair and sale of work in Worthing in 1907 in aid of the Children’s Union of the Church of England Waifs’ and Strays’ Society. In 1911 Ethel was living at 48, Rutland Gardens, Hove with her mother Prudence, aunt Naomi and sisters, Katherine and Evelyne. Her two nephews, children of her married sister, (see) Elizabeth Close Shipham, were also staying the night of the government's 1911 census survey. On the census form, Ethel describes herself as a domestic nurse and suffrage worker. In the column headed ‘Infirmity’ the word ‘Disenfranchised’ was written qualifying Ethel as a resister. Her older sisters, Katherine Close who lived at 48 Rutland Gardens, and Elizabeth Close Shipham who lived in Lewisham, both evaded the 1911 census. Meetings of the Brighton and Hove branch of the Church League for Women’s Suffrage (CLWS) were held at 48 Rutland Gardens, Hove until an office was rented in Brighton in 1913. At the AGM in February 1912, the Brighton and Hove CLWS branch elected Katherine Close as Branch Secretary with sisters Ethel and Evelyne also on the committee. Ethel and Katherine remained on the committee in 1913. A interesting lecture held in April 1913 was curiously entitled ‘Dangers in Pleasure Resorts for Resident Girls’. The CLWS General Council meeting was held in July 1913, hosted by the Brighton and Hove Branch. The programme involved a public reception, church services and the General Council meeting and the organisation of the event was praised by Rev. Claude Hinscliff. The CLWS office was sub-let to the Royal Marines in 1915 as part of the war effort. Ethel lived at the same address until her death in 1957. Researched & contributed by local and family historian Margaret Scott who is related to the Shipham family. 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 Close 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(-20515.402913909 6591657.94446408) CLWS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.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://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.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://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.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://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.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://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.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://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/f885aaaceef886caf198e6ed4e36ffd1.JPG 19a1e48e52f4c792069f49024771a621 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 Later in 1911, Ethel resided at The Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral. Source: Clare Wichbold. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7cb0e8fb1d9f71585ae593937dfca5d9.JPG 692572b48a590c3963ed4d0099155bcd 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 7 Castle Street, Hereford. Source: Clare Wichbold. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation WSPU secretary Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 46 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 7 Castle Street, Hereford. 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 Ethel Scott was born in Surrey in 1865, the daughter of Reverend Thomas Scott, vicar of Penge, and his wife Louisa. Ethel married George Herbert Davis in 1891 when he was still working as a solicitor; he had been lodging with the Scott family prior to their marriage. Whilst living at 7 Castle Street and later in 1911, at 7 The Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral, Ethel was Secretary to the WSPU in Hereford. Ethel is nowhere to be found on the 1911 Census, although her husband (see) George Davis complied. However, two of her children are with the family of Bertha Ryland, a census evader in Birmingham and so it may be that Ethel was hiding out there. She was involved in local activism and militancy in the city and beyond, selling the Votes for Women newspaper and organising and chairing suffrage meetings. The couple had five children, with Molly, the youngest, accompanying her mother whilst campaigning. Ethel worked closely with Ada Flatman, local organiser for the WSPU, and was instrumental in a campaign in 1912 to have Votes for Women on the reading table at Hereford Library. When the campaign failed, the WSPU, led by Ethel and Ada, took a stall at the annual May Fair, selling copies of the newspaper and “dainty handmade articles”. Ethel wrote in support of the 1913 campaign by Ursula Roberts for the ordination of women. She attended court to protest about the treatment of women during sexual abuse cases, and was ejected from the Shire Hall Crown Court on at least one occasion in 1915. Ethel became an advocate of birth control and hosted Stella Browne and Doris Stevens in the late 1920s whilst living at St Weonard’s Vicarage in Herefordshire where Ethel and George had moved to in 1917. The couple eventually retired to Sherborne in Dorset, where she died in 1948. Contributed by Herefordshire community fundraiser, Clare Wichbold, MBE. 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 Mary Davis 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(-302094.29958123434 6809831.527666931) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/bddabfcda954c3b4ca8a118244e97f5f.jpg c0ad1474182962732f05f8b983f7d043 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Source: The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/378654f84471c4f31250946528fdf1a9.png c3b2c34d3bd52481c8798cdfb9eeceff 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 After relocating to London, Ethel runs for election to Hendon District Council with the support of (see) Rev. Masterman who had also moved from Coventry to London. Source: The Hendon and Finchley Times, 20 Feb, 1914. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 45 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Binley Road, Coventry (2 houses away from 20 Binley Road & next to 'Whitmore' house). Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Occupation None given Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WSPU Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Biographical Text Ethel was born Ethel Mary Evans in Birmingham in 1866. She later married Dr. William Richardson Rice who was appointed medical officer to district one of the Coventry Union in 1903, a post he held until his death in 1912. Dr. Rice was also active locally in St John's Ambulance and several other health and welfare charities and committees. He was described as a 'socialist' and once stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate. Ethel too was very active in the Coventry charitable work, sitting on the Coventry committee of the NSPCC and taking the office of Honorary Treasurer of the Coventry branch of the National Anti-Vivisection Society in 1905. In November 1908, she attended a local WSPU meeting where Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst spoke, and to which police were called as suffragette speakers were heckled by opposers in the crowd. Press reports describe the meeting as descending into 'Uproarious Scenes'. Ethel had already attended the reception held for Coventry suffragette (see) Alice Lea on her release from prison earlier that year, but the meeting may have reinforced her support as she was a prominent figure at many WSPU meetings thereafter, often held at the city's 'Lounge Cafe'. Ethel also held several WSPU meetings at her own home - in 1911 at Binley Road and in 1912 at Gosford Terrace. In 1911, Ethel took part in the suffragette boycott of the goverment census survey that year in protest at not having the vote. She did supply her details but also wrote across the form: 'I give this information under protest not being considered a person in the eyes of the law'. Her husband Dr. Rice is absent from the form and no mention is made of him. He had suffered a nervous breakdown just a few years beforehand, so may have been convalescing elsewhere at that time. He died in August 1912, and Ethel relocated to London shortly afterwards. There she changed her mind on suffrage tactics. She now believed that the best way for women to gain the vote was to focus less on militant action, and to become active in local politics, occupying as many local government positions as was possible. Hence, Ethel stood for a position on Hendon Council in 1914 and was successfully elected, stating that: 'Women were waking up to a sense of their duty and their was room for women on all councils'. She was supported in her campaign by the another recent settler in London from Coventry, suffrage campaigner (see) Rev. Canon Masterman. Clearly, Coventry votes for women ties were strong. Ethel died in London in July 1944. Researcher: Tara Morton. Coventry research funded by Warwick University. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ethel Mary Richardson-Rice 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(-165827.89206939933 6874106.222773336) WSPU