29 10 286 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/eeca76f63b62db3f91e7f239a3cb175c.jpg b2ad3f1358c2133c06a21d52c71ba11b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Source: Windows on Warwickshire, Heritage and Culture, WCC. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/eb3dafed04328945f468975bf72bcd08.jpg 54b0e8cce7344e841010f9da3b42a541 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: Windows on Warwickshire, Heritage and Culture, WCC. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/86462775142b5e8a8030ba99b6ab8d3a.jpg 99f0978056b4a3bcf820d70790061a23 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 43 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 16 Gaveston Road, Leamington Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Historical and topographical writer 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 a committed suffragist who was active in the Leamington and Warwick branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Like many local campaigners, Mary believed women’s suffrage should be achieved using law abiding, nonviolent methods. She wrote regular letters to the Leamington Spa Courier and helped to arrange numerous conferences and public meetings for the societies Midland’s Federation. She travelled as a delegate to NUWSS conferences in Birmingham, Manchester and London. In June 1911, she also accompanied other Leamington women and men down to London to take part in the Women’s Coronation Procession. The procession was organised to rival the official Coronation procession of George V from which women were excluded. Approximately 40,000 women from around 30 women’s suffrage societies participated, and the procession was seven miles long. Mary led a very full and active life and is a well-known figure locally in Leamington. She was a well published writer and historian having left Lady Margaret Hall Oxford in 1888 with a first-class English degree (although degrees for women were not formally acknowledged until 1920). She subsequently became an English teacher and wrote books, plays and lectured at local universities. She records herself on the 1911 census as ‘historical and topographical writer’. In 1899, Mary became the first woman to present a paper, The Manuscript Record of Coventry, to the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society and was the first woman to address the Leamington Literary Society, founded in 1912. In 1922, she became a member of the Warwick & Leamington Dramatic Study Club, the forerunner of the Loft Theatre of which she was a founder member. She was continually active in social causes including her role as Vice-President of the Workers’ Education Association and was also a supporter of the local League of Nations Association, the forerunner of the United Nations. Leamington Literary Society sponsored a Blue Plaque in her memory situated on her house in Gaveston Road. Sadly, Mary was killed in a traffic accident in March 1936. For more on Mary, see Margaret Watkins: http://www.leamingtonhistory.co.uk/mary-dormer-harris-1867-1936/. Leamington 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 Mary Dormer Harris 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(-172004.94382096376 6853645.8837105585) NUWSS https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/9929b8bd7218b4d23f50e5a4886f1a4e.jpg 44ac17954eea9d8bb3ba7ea63637fe56 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 Mapdata ©2017Google streetview https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/a4257e5da42fe4d6c3d64d739ab155cc.jpg eece4abfd98f1dd63873357e247bc49e 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 40 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 16 Clarendon Square, Leamington Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Private means 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 (but defiant statement) Biographical Text Ada was the Honorary Secretary and sat on the subcommittee for the Leamington branch of the Conservative and Unionist Women’s Franchise Association (CUWFA) in 1911. The CUWFA formed in 1908 to work peacefully and constitutionally for ‘the removal of the sex disqualification from the franchise’ by bringing Conservative and Unionist’s together. Ada was very active for the CUWFA’s Leamington branch, attending numerous suffrage society meetings and travelled down to London to participate in the Women’s Coronation Procession in June 1911. The procession was organised by suffrage societies to rival the official Coronation procession of George V from which women were excluded. Approximately 40,000 women from around 30 women’s suffrage societies participated, and the procession was seven miles long. Despite the CUWFA and its members commitment to peaceful methods of campaigning, many law-abiding women like Ada were losing patience with the Liberal government and becoming more sympathetic to the often illegal and sometimes violent tactics used by the suffragettes. Ada's feelings are captured on her 1911 census return when she writes ‘non-militant suffragist (at present)’ under her name. This tells us that Ada was at a crossroads between the non-militant and militant paths in 1911. What did she decide? We can’t say for certain, but there is no evidence yet to suggest she engaged in illegal activity thereafter, or that she joined a more militant society like the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) which had a branch in Leamington at that time. Ada also wrote ‘Votes for women’ in every margin of her census return in protest at the government's refusal to allow her a voice through the vote, thus denying her rights as a citizen. After its collection, and unbeknown to her, someone, probably the census agent, wrote ‘No’ in front of each 'Votes for Women' declaration in the margins, thus mounting his own counter protest. Researcher: Tara Morton. 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 Ada Florence Wightwick 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(-171433.50747895418 6853459.229685286) CUWFA https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/fd39ccf70267f696a8665d4281bcf13f.jpg 323e1ae9365953538c1254ef1bafaa98 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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