17 10 286 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/cf6f088321e7babedbf62838eb058fc8.jpg 2741743a05ae0a705c876667de4e69e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Miss Britten's blank census form for 63 Union Road which she refused to fill in in protest at not having the vote. Source: The National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 63 Union Road, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Evades Occupation Probably a Social Worker at the Bermondsey Settlement Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Unknown Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WFL? Biographical Text Currently, we know little of Miss Britten other than she was most likely a social worker at the Bermondsey Settlement with her housemates (see) Anna Martin and Maria White Frank and that the three women took part in the suffrage boycott of the government census survey in 1911 in protest at not having the vote. Miss Britten chose to leave her census form blank as did fellow resident Maria White Frank. Like Maria, Miss Britten wrote on the cover instead 'I refuse to fill up form as a protest against a non-representative Government'. The boycott was organised by suffrage societies whose members were often prepared to break the law such as the Women's Freedom League (WFL) and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). It is suggested here that Miss Britten likely belonged with her housemates to the WFL. Could you shed more light on Miss Britten for our map? If so, please do contact us. 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 Miss Britten 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(-6518.123539358456 6709999.205369114) WFL https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7fd68d57d1aa87f9f7d8b3c459b9b9fc.png 6020d028e1dbbeffca4b958c0e961879 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 Bermondsey Settlement, Settlement House c. 1903. Source: Harvard Library, HOLLIS HUAM5820soc. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/dfb14e5c5275b734efb333a5fb2266b2.jpg fed0986b962d7940192ea7a0e7c84918 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/98ac3b6e83562d194597969350ebe7b2.jpg 4e68037556589c23a9a0926d5abb60f0 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 Union Road, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey. Source: Southwark Heritage, Cuming Museum. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/3a80abce6047f6a95a0ddb8e720f9011.png 5af4314703d6d372fd79b6b039b6043c 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 WFL newspaper 'The Vote' reports on Anna and others resignation from the Women's Liberal Association over the Votes for Women issue. Source: The Vote, 28 Feb, 1913. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ac03448b10aae1d780182bbed179c681.png e01be7e3dff5f22425413dcf334a8a70 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 Anna had her goods sold in lieu of unpaid taxes which she refused to pay until women had the vote. Source: The Daily Herald, 5 July, 1913. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Teacher and Social worker Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 53 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 63 Union Road, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Resists Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Biographical Text Anna was born in 1859 in Cork, Ireland. She gained a Bachelor of Arts degree and by 1901 was living and working in England as a secondary school teacher at the Bermondsey Settlement in Farncombe Street. The Settlement provided social, health, educational opportunities and welfare for the local poor and some housing provision. In 1904, Anna put herself up for election to the local Rotherhithe Board of Guardians and along with Miss Frank (see Maria White Frank) attempted to register on the municipal voter list in Rotherhithe via her occupation of property rented in connection to the Bermondsey Settlement. Her claim was opposed in court by the local Conservative candidate but was none the less granted. Anna’s fight for women’s place at the ballot box had truly begun. As a leading member of the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Women’s Liberal Association (she was for a time its President) Anna presided over a meeting at the local town hall in November 1908 and gave a speech on the importance of women’s suffrage stating unequivocally that ‘the sooner the question was settled the better it would be for the country, for the women, and she added significantly for the Liberal government’. She would eventually resign from the Association in 1913 over the Liberal government’s recalcitrance on votes for women along with several other members such as treasurer and friend Lucy Knowles who had served as secretary at the Settlement. The women declared that the last three years had proved that ‘as long as Mr Asquith led the Liberal Party, it was hopeless for women to look to it for their enfranchisement’. In 1911, Anna participated in the boycott of the government census survey organised by suffrage society’s like the Women’s Freedom League (WFL) and the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in direct protest at women’s exclusion from the vote. Then living at 63 Union Road, Rotherhithe, and still working at the Bermondsey Settlement as a social worker, Anna wrote on her census form ‘Return refused as a protest against non-representative government. No vote; no census’. She was joined in the protest by fellow residents at Union Road and fellow Settlement workers, Miss Frank and Miss Britten. This type of civil disobedience seemed to appeal to Anna. In July 1913, she had some of her goods sold in lieu of her taxes which she refused to pay until women got the vote. A report on the sale notes that mothers from the Bermondsey Settlement turned out in significant numbers, some with babies in arms, despite the inclement weather to show their support. Anna was represented at the sale by a member of the Women’s Tax Resistance League a suffrage organisation closely aligned to the WFL which in turn was supported by many of Anna’s friends including (see) Ada Salter and was led by another, Charlotte Despard. So, to which suffrage society did Anna belong? This is difficult to determine. At the beginning of the campaign, Anna likely allied herself with the NUWSS, popular among Liberal Party women. She maintained a longstanding relationship with the society through educational lecture tours and was published in its newspaper the Common Cause (see below). Yet, her friendship circle and turn to civil disobedience from 1911 suggests a move towards the WFL. Therefore - circumspectly – Anna currently appears on our 1911 map as a WFL supporter. Formally, she may not have belonged to any suffrage society at that time. However, by 1914, she had become a Vice President of the Free Church League for Women's Suffrage formed in 1910, and later joined the United Suffragists which accepted militants and non-militants alike. Like many campaigners, the picture of Anna’s suffrage campaigning is complex. What is certain, is that Anna was motivated throughout the campaign by her desire to alleviate poverty, particularly for married working women and their children, believing Votes for Women was integral. She wrote several articles and gave numerous speeches entwining the two causes. For example, in 1911 in suffrage newspaper the Common Cause, she published a critique of the Liberal’s government’s Maternity provision within the newly proposed Insurance Bill. This gave control of maternity payments not directly to mothers to use as they saw fit, but to Doctors and Boards of Health instead. In 1913, she gave a speech on the poverty and plight of married working-class women and the importance of the vote to effect change at a drawing room meeting in Rotherhithe; to the Progressive Women’s Suffrage Association in Cambridge; and in a speech entitled ‘Politics and Working Women’ to the Rotherhithe Women’s Political Association which she helped found to educate local women. That same year she also wrote ‘Mothers in Mean Streets’ in which she lambastes the inadequacies of the laws alleged to protect married women. She argues that the ‘semi-slave status’ of the wife under the law is the main cause of poverty and that the political enfranchisement of women would be the first step towards raising women’s status. Anna also forged the connection between improving working-class women’s lot and votes for women in 1914 via a lecture entitled ‘The Mother and her Difficulties: How the Law Treats Her’ given to the Central Sussex Women’s Suffrage Society under the auspice of educational lectures promoted by the NUWSS. In 1922, Anna was still championing working class women’s rights. She published an article in the Women’s Leader newspaper that year which centred on the work of the Rotherhithe Women’s Guild to which she was integral. The Guild continually pressed the concerns of working women on local policy makers and Anna was in no doubt that the Guild ‘owes its origin to the fight for the vote’. Anna died in 1937. Can you help with more information about Anna? Perhaps a photograph of her? If so, do contact us. For background reading on the Bermondsey Settlement with some mention of Anna and her wider publications: Seth Koven, Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London (2004) & Ellen Ross, Love and Toil: Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918 (1993). Researcher: Tara Morton. Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census WFL? 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 Anna Martin 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(-6518.123539358456 6709999.205369114) WFL 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 22 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Warryalda, Kenilworth Road, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation None given 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 Miss Kathleen Orton was born in Stanhope, Queensland Australia, where her father worked as a surgeon. Just before moving to Coventry - likely in late 1911 - she had been living with her mother in Cheltenham. Her father was absent and likely still working abroad, although he did spend some time in later years in Bournemouth. Once living in Coventry, Miss Orton in 1912 became organizing secretary for the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society, the local branch of the law abiding NUWSS, working out of offices at 26 Trinity Church Yard. She was likely living by then at 'Warryalda' house on Kenilworth Road, Coventry, where she remained for a number of years. She was still resident there when she became branch secretary for the Coventry branch of the Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS) a position she held from 1914 to 1917. 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 Kathleen Orton 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(-171613.0354798594 6869308.936070865) https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/aba8d4bb2c924bab1ab4908c9a007b54.jpg 6a8848b8fc605ca6f40d0f480aee9809 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/73d35e6301576a8926ceaee8496a6b93.png 7b4ca753980ae07a8808d4bebf952c16 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 Courier, 22 Nov, 1911. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/43dbb62ad27ab1d55d081146031aae87.png 6913b793b7312cb0eae005b89a16dc2e 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 Midland Daily Telegraph, Dec, 1911. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/965b05f1cc8e3f53750b53b4cccf075e.png 3704f617467d485dc6b76f0f94293e20 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: Hannah's entry in the Suffragettes Arrested Index 1906-1914, HO, The National Archives. 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 30 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 37 Cambridge Street, Coventry 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 Complies Biographical Text Mrs Hannah Hayward became something of a local celebrity when she was arrested in London in 1911 as part of a planned WSPU rush on the House of Commons. The WSPU organised the demonstration in reaction to the government's pronounced intention to give more votes to men while refusing to include votes for women on any terms. This was contrary to a number of prior promises the government had made. The attempts by suffragettes to rush the House was described as a 'battle' during which 223 women from across the country, including Hannah, were arrested by police. She was taken to London's Bow Street station where she was charged and fined 5s. which she refused to pay. Consequently, Hannah was sentenced to 5 days in Holloway prison for her part in the event. Hannah was a working class woman, married with two children. Her husband was a driller for a motor company and the family lived in a traditional 'two up, two down' terraced house. Therefore, taking part in militant activities for the WSPU and incurring fines and/or imprisonment was a huge risk for Hannah and her family. When she returned home to Coventry, a reception was held in her honour by (see) Percy Widdrington at St Peter's vicarage at which she was lauded for her bravery and where she described her actions and aims in taking part in the rush. She described how at first 'she was alone outside the crowd...but something told her not to play the coward and so she made her way into the middle'. At some point in the melee, she clung onto a policeman's belt saying 'I am not going to be pushed into the crowd. If I go, you go with me'. The police officer arrested her and took her to the station. She claimed he treated her quite well - after she fed him some chocolate! Hannah was grateful to suffragette prisoners who had gone before her (which included fellow Coventry campaigner (see) Alice Lea) for the basic prison rights they had won for women. This she said, made her time there easier and declared that 'women intended to cry day and night unto God until some of the evils were removed' to which winning the vote itself was integral. There is no evidence so far, to suggest that Hannah took part in further suffragette activities. Perhaps her prison experience or the worry it caused her family deterred her from such action again. 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 Hannah Hayward 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(-166781.57727884164 6876055.667334137) WSPU https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ed2e25bb912d6816b1fd5ce1966f38d5.jpg 2cf1cadf2e268a73be84a16cebfd602a 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 Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 47 & 50 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 16 Styvechale Avenue, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Housewife 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 Miss French' appears in the NUWSS newspaper the Common Cause in 1911 at which time she was joint secretary of the Coventry branch with (see) Averal Wilks. At that time Miss French is recorded as living at 'Daisy Bank' Middlesborough Road which was home to Frank Milner French and his sisters Miss Ada and Agnes French. The three were also sister and brother to Mr Edmund Oliver French, a successful Coventry businessman who was also president of the Coventry Liberal Association, later a city councillor and Justice of the Peace. Later in 1911, at the time of the goverment census survey, the siblings and servant Kate, lived at 16 Styvechale Road where Agnes and Ada are recorded as housewives. 'Miss French' is a regular feature at meetings of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (the local branch of the law abiding NUWSS) as well as acting for a time as joint secretary. But which Miss French - Agnes or Ada? This is currently unclear but there are later references to the presence of the 'Misses French' at various local women's suffrage events, suggesting both sisters were involved with votes for women campaigning. Ada also sat on Coventry Education Committee between 1921 and 1934. The two sisters were close, remaining unmarried and living together at Styvechale Road until their deaths in 1934 and 1940. 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 Agnes & Ada French 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(-170172.95479277868 6872158.171509816) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/b5e9df2258925c4cea7791d6f949fb45.jpg 5a0ac7391f105bc77df36ec44329bf92 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 Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 47 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 35 Hertford Place (back of Hertford Terrace) Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation None given 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 Annie was born in Coventry in 1864 and her father, Alfred Fridlander, was well known in the city having made his fortune as a watchmaker of some renowned. He was also a director of the Triumph Cycle Co., served Coventry city council for 3 years, was later elected County magistrate and was one of the original founders of the Jewish synagogue in Barras Lane. Annie was an active campaigner for votes for women in the city, joining Coventry Women's Suffrage Society - the local branch of the law abiding National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) led by Mrs Millicent Fawcett. Annie's family were clearly supportive of female suffrage too as on occasion she was accompanied to meetings by both her mother Nora and her father Alfred. 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 Annie Fridlander 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(-169022.80766495835 6873718.594735739) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/d84a5d5e0e3f4cecb0b25466f120582f.jpg 6a13cd68837089a3974be41eb3595b34 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 Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 41 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Rosehill, Coventry (situated between Radford Road and St Nicholls Street) 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 NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Elsie was born in Preston, Lancashire, and married Sidney Cash, chairman of the Coventry Company Messrs. J & J Cash Ltd, founded by his late father Joseph Cash. The couple had two sons one of whom was killed in the First World War. Elsie was a regular campaigner for female suffrage and was a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society, the local branch of the large, law abiding NUWSS. She was likely also a member of the CUWFA (Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association). Elsie was also active in the wider Coventry community fundraising for local charities, campaigning for the extension of University examinations to girls, sitting on the Council's National Insurance Committee and its Education Committee until her resignation in 1915. She later moved to Keresley House and then to Walcote, Blackdown, where she was active in the church and wider community. Elsie died there in 1953 aged 84 and her funeral was held at Lillington Church. 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 Elsie Cash 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(-168849.27929636213 6875562.316638395) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/350b82685845190edff37747b4c4ecc3.jpg 48d07b292e72133fc5cf400883c0b5f1 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: National Archives. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 36 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Eaton Road (next door to Lyndhurst 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 NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Jessie was born in Ontario, Canada in 1875. She married Dr. William Fraser Annand and the couple had two children together. They likely moved to Coventry in 1909, whereupon Dr. Annand went into practice with Dr. Frederick Harman Brown - a partnership that lasted until the latter retired in 1919. Jessie soon joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (the local branch of the law abiding NUWSS) along with the wife of her husband's business partner (see) Mrs. Dora Harman-Brown. Jessie was regular at suffrage meetings in the city and was active in a number of women's organisations over the years. She was Vice president of the Coventry Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and a member of the local branch of the National Council for Women that sought to tackle gender inequality. She was also a keen worker at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. Jessie died at Clive house - the former home of friends the Harman-Brown's - in February 1939. A large memorial service was held for her at Coventry Cathedral and was very well attended. 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 Jessie Annand 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(-168552.3030227965 6873178.614355976) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/cfdb1ad83f8afe0511c3a03191c1dcab.jpg e78ec3adc22d1d0fb07c11f9829e68c7 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 Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 37 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Clive House, Warwick Road, Coventry 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 NUWSS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Dora (born Vickers-Jones) married Dr. Frederick Harman Brown who worked for Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital before going into practice with Dr. William Fraser Annand in 1909. Dora was active on the charitable side of the Hospital committee and in its nursing institute. She joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (the local branch of the law abiding NUWSS) and regularly attended its local meetings. When her husband retired in 1919, the couple moved to Newton Abbot, Devon. 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 Dora Harman Brown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm POINT(-169024.81564203126 6872759.348969207) NUWSS 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