https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/a7506b8129a2c24b59037a58339ab9f9.jpg 0c6907fd2df4ede60e37ec20c0daf9cf 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 Dr Stanton Coit. Source: courtesy of © Humanists UK 2025 https://heritage.humanists.uk/stanton-coit/ https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/b72b797d001afebafa66ef9b63331e97.jpg 081c891ae2423eaec403fa456b51042c 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: Isle of Wight Observer, 21 Sept 1912 https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/7cf101aeaeda29b7ab14a85b062bc73d.jpg 0213d5cbd42992fb693a6144e828073d 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: Common Cause (NUWSS Paper) 27 Dec 1912 Person (Campaigner) A record of a person related to the Mapping Women's Suffrage project Occupation Private Means Age The age of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 53 Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Married Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 30 Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5DJ Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census MLWS Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies Biographical Text Stanton George Coit was born in 1857 in Columbus, Ohio. He was educated at Amherst College, Columbia College and received his doctorate from Berlin University. His mother was friends with US women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony. He became a minister of the ethical church before moving to London in 1888 and eventually becoming a naturalised citizen. Stanton assisted in founding 40 ethical societies in Britain and became the leader of the ethical movement in England. He became a member of the Women's Franchise League in 1890. In 1903, he was an executive member of the Central Society for Women's Suffrage. He was a delegate of the 1904 conference in Berlin, which, with his wife Adela, formed the International Women's Suffrage Alliance. Dr Stanton Coit helped prepare an edition of J.S. Mill's Subjection of Women, which was published in 1906. He used notes lent by Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, which detailed changes since 1869 when single women become eligible to vote in local town elections. She was acknowledged in his work. However, she wrote in a 1904 letter that "he will undoubtedly make a real hash of the whole matter, and him, like others of his "calibre", stop progress from happening in the movement. He became treasurer of the MLWS when it was formed in 1907 but had no official position in the movement by 1913. He complied with the 1911 census, living at 30 Hyde Park Gate with his wife Adela, 5 of their children and 8 servants. In 1912, he subscribed to the NUWSS fighting fund. During September 1912, he spoke at a meeting in Ryde on the Isle of Wight organised by his wife Adela. He called the women's exclusion from the suffrage a 'most ancient prejudice'. The meeting held at the now demolished St Clare Castle was instrumental in forming the Ryde Branch of the NUWSS on the Island. He retired from the ethical movement in 1935, and he died on the 15th of February 1944. Sources: Crawford, Elizabeth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 18661928 (London, 1999). Contributed by Becca Aspden, URSS student researcher, History Dept., 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 Stanton Coit (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(-20222.61711577593 6710302.309241291) MLWS