https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/e16167016dca67a1d9e269234cd0da38.jpg 1d89bf2ba80725950b7dc1254eaa6996 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 Ethel as a Postwoman during the First World War. Source & copyright permissions, Ethel Baldock's family. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/824f33ca670e1ed9922130ae7650e564.jpg 67ea8a2737ef93659bb126acb13e7847 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 Ethel's 1911 census form. Courtesy: The National Archives. https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/2680be761260e5838cd1c2db6f05eff3.JPG 0f127f8b531f81e0a0eea5d9fa97e468 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 Ethel (far left, holding a book) with her father, new stepmother Martha & family in 1899. Courtesy & copyright permission, Ethel Baldock's family. Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Housemaid & Waitress in hotel Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 18 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 40 Little Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 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 Ethel Violet Baldock (1893 to 1939) was born in Gravesend, Kent to Frances Elizabeth and Samuel Baldock. She was their fifth daughter, one of eight children (six girls and two boys). Ethel’s mother and one of her sisters (aged 7 years) died in 1899 from meningitis. Ethel’s father employed a housekeeper, Martha Nelson and she and her daughter, May, moved into the house. Samuel Baldock married Martha shortly after this. Ethel and her siblings did not get along with Martha or May. The Baldock girls all went into service at 12 years old and were found ‘good’ positions by their Aunt Jane (their father’s sister). In 1911 Ethel was living with one of her older sisters, Florence, and her husband but worked elsewhere in a Tunbridge Wells hotel as a house maid/waitress. Records have not yet been identified listing Ethel as a WSPU or other suffrage society member but in 1912 she participated in the WSPU window smashing campaign. Ethel was arrested with well-known suffragette, Violet Bland, for smashing the window of the Commercial Cable building at 1 Northumberland Avenue on 1st March 1912. They, along with nearly 200 other women arrested for window smashing were held in Holloway prison. These women were called ‘vitrifragists’, or ‘glass-breakers’ by a newspaper. Emmeline Pankhurst was among those arrested and imprisoned that night. Ethel and Violet had a hearing on 9 March and were charged and committed to trial on 26th March. At the trial, Ethel was released and Violet sentenced to 4 months’ imprisonment. Violet was sent to Aylesbury prison, she immediately went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed. Violet stated in their trial that she had been provoked to participate in the window smashing because of MP Mr Hobhouse’s words. He had said that universal suffrage was not the majority view as women had not destroyed property like men had during the 1832 Reform Act riots. It is not clear what, if anything, Ethel said at their trial but it is possible that she had heard either first or second hand Mr Hobhouse’s speech as he had visited and spoken at a meeting in Tunbridge Wells in January 1912. It is unknown if Ethel was ever in touch with Violet again. She went on to marry Arthur Hodge in 1915 and had one son, Donald, in 1919. To learn more about Ethel’s story, see, Jennifer Godfrey, Suffragettes of Kent, (Pen & Sword Ltd, 2019). Researched & contributed by Jennifer Godfrey. 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 Baldock 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(29340.589503789666 6643796.998912379) WSPU