https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/c673c2302b2ce855ded8508997c4d0be.png 2abd02a78ef80b6b7c213d1bdbf8bc33 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 Catherine makes a public speech in Market Square. Source: The Coventry Herald, October, 1913. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/ab50aad31e49c61153669ef097c538bd.png 5d5752010e17bf56c0690ef5bc05b293 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 Suffragette, 6 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 52 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Beech Brae, 71 Berry Street, Coventry Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Physician 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 Dr. Catherine Arnott was born in 1858, and was elder sister to Coventry suffragist (see) Harriet Collington. She was a physician and surgeon and spent a number of years living and studying in Ireland at the Royal University of Ireland. She seems to have moved back to England when offered a position as assistant medical officer at Lancaster County Asylum in 1894. In contrast to her law abiding suffragist sibling Harriet, Catherine became a member of the suffragette WSPU although when she joined is unclear. Catherine is absent from the 1911 census records so, she may already have been with the WSPU and taking part in the suffragette boycott of the census that year in protest at not having the vote. Some suffragettes 'evaded' the census which may explain her absence from the record. By 1913 Catherine had become Press and Honorary Secretary of the WSPU's Coventry branch and chaired regular public meetings often held in the city's Market Square. Public speaking for the vote was a brave undertaking as women were often jeered and sometimes physically assaulted by people in the crowd or passers-by. In one public speech, she made clear her reasons for campaigning stating that, 'Without the vote there could be no real improvement in the conditions of this country. Women did not want the vote for the pleasure and excitement of going to the polling booth once every five years; they wanted it to ameliorate the conditions of men, women and children' (Coventry Herald, Oct 10 and 11, 1913, p12). Several locations are given for Catherine during the campign years: 'Beech Brae' and 71 Berry Street where she is located on our map (this property may have been owned by her sister Harriet and husband) and in 1914, an office for suffrage 'at homes' located at no. 1 Holyhead Road. In later years, Catherine became an expert in the treatment of tuberculosis and ran the Eastby Sanatorium in Bradford, Leeds. Afterwards, she moved with her sister Harriet and brother in law to Kirkconnel Hall in Ecclefechan, Scotland. Catherine died in 1942 aged 84. 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 Catherine Arnott (Dr.) 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(-166324.72158221935 6875014.310384742) WSPU