https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/9929b8bd7218b4d23f50e5a4886f1a4e.jpg 44ac17954eea9d8bb3ba7ea63637fe56 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 Mapdata ©2017Google streetview https://map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/files/original/a4257e5da42fe4d6c3d64d739ab155cc.jpg eece4abfd98f1dd63873357e247bc49e 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 40 Address The address of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census 16 Clarendon Square, Leamington Marital Status The marital status of this person at the time of the 1911 UK Census Single Occupation Private means Suffrage Society The suffrage society this person was affiliated with at the time of the 1911 UK Census CUWFA Census This person's response to the 1911 UK Census Complies (but defiant statement) Biographical Text Ada was the Honorary Secretary and sat on the subcommittee for the Leamington branch of the Conservative and Unionist Women’s Franchise Association (CUWFA) in 1911. The CUWFA formed in 1908 to work peacefully and constitutionally for ‘the removal of the sex disqualification from the franchise’ by bringing Conservative and Unionist’s together. Ada was very active for the CUWFA’s Leamington branch, attending numerous suffrage society meetings and travelled down to London to participate in the Women’s Coronation Procession in June 1911. The procession was organised by suffrage societies to rival the official Coronation procession of George V from which women were excluded. Approximately 40,000 women from around 30 women’s suffrage societies participated, and the procession was seven miles long. Despite the CUWFA and its members commitment to peaceful methods of campaigning, many law-abiding women like Ada were losing patience with the Liberal government and becoming more sympathetic to the often illegal and sometimes violent tactics used by the suffragettes. Ada's feelings are captured on her 1911 census return when she writes ‘non-militant suffragist (at present)’ under her name. This tells us that Ada was at a crossroads between the non-militant and militant paths in 1911. What did she decide? We can’t say for certain, but there is no evidence yet to suggest she engaged in illegal activity thereafter, or that she joined a more militant society like the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) which had a branch in Leamington at that time. Ada also wrote ‘Votes for women’ in every margin of her census return in protest at the government's refusal to allow her a voice through the vote, thus denying her rights as a citizen. After its collection, and unbeknown to her, someone, probably the census agent, wrote ‘No’ in front of each 'Votes for Women' declaration in the margins, thus mounting his own counter protest. Researcher: Tara Morton. 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 Ada Florence Wightwick Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-171433.50747895418 6853459.229685286) CUWFA