https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/26a89034b4c0b16c05c1e428ccfbbcd5.jpg 2a3bcedd1c064a0458eff07b0d6a4b4a 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 Elvira Stirling. Source: Ancestry.com https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/3c624d59f1918c68945b9c7de654bfce.jpg aacbc618cd2e7ca7dac088dd4926043b 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/7073582a192fff31836c0814c5633bdc.jpg 94544e0afab9dbd138474b1671878487 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 committee rooms Elvira is reported to have 'dressed'. Source: Gloucester Citizen 28 April 1911. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation WSPU worker. Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 24 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 30 Clarence Square, Cheltenham. 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 Miss Elvira Stirling and her mother Frances were supporters of the WSPU, apparently recruited when the WSPU organiser, Ada Flatman, arrived in Cheltenham in early 1911 to set up a local branch. Both were galvanised by activities in the spring of 1911 when a campaign for a by-election at the end of April coincided with the local and a national campaign for votes for women supporters to take part in the census boycott. Miss Elvira is reported to have 'dressed' the committee-room window (see image) in a prominent position in the High Street. Elvira and her mother's statement across the census form (see image) plus their details constitutes a form of resistance to the government census. Elvira's mother was a Canadian whose British husband was involved in various businesses in both countries before finally settling in Canada as a fruit farmer. Four of their five living children were born there and the whole family moved back there in 1913. Researched and contributed by 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 Elvira Stirling 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(-230892.55434947825 6783085.035034238) WSPU