Suffragist worker

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Single

Sulney Fields, Upper Broughton, near Melton Mowbray

NUWSS

Complies

Daughter of Alice and Benjamin Dowson, Alice Maud known as Maud Dowson, was very active in suffrage and social work. She stayed living at home with her parents and she particularly helped look after her sister Hester’s children as recorded in 'What Grandmother said' by Alix Meynell one of Hester’s children. On the 1911 census, Maud's occupation is given as 'Suffragist worker' though it is not clear whether this was a paid position. On her death probate went to Bernard Withers Dowson and Alexander Dowson her brothers and the value of her estate was £15,161.7.4. Her ashes are scattered at the family home at Upper Broughton. Researched and contributed by Nottingham Women's History group www.nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk. Sources: Dame Alix Meynell ''What Grandmother Said': Life of Alice Dowson, 1844-1227' (1998); No Surrender! Women's Suffrage in Nottinghamshire, Rowena Edlin-White (Ed.) Nottingham Women's History Group ISBN:978-1-900074-31-