In 1915 as Central President of the Mothers' Union she initiated the idea of a dedicated building which resulted in the opening of Mary Sumner House in 1925. She resigned as President in 1919.
Born Emily Connor. 1874 married Ernest R. Wilberforce (the grandson of William Wilberforce) and had 6 children with him. As Bishop of Newcastle he supported and encouraged Mary Sumner in the early days of the Mothers Union.
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Emily Wilberforce
Inaugurated 1915 Emily Wilberforce – Central President This building was er...
Born Lancashire. Mother of Christabel, Sylvia, Henry (known as Frank, died aged 4), Adela and Henry (Harry). 1886 the family moved from Manchester to Hampstead Road, London, where she ran a fancy ...
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In medieval London the Bishop of Winchester (e.g. William of Wykeham) had a Palace on the section of the south bank of the Thames nearest here. It included what is now Southwark Cathedral and the b...
First woman to speak about women’s suffrage on a public platform. An early campaigner for women's rights. She funded campaigns, wrote one of the first tracts and was one of the three speakers at t...
Author and poet. Â Born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She died, aged 86 years, on 28 May 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. Her body was cr...
Novelist and poet. Â Born as Marguerite Radclyffe Hall in Bournemouth into a wealthy family. From 1917 until her death Hall lived with Una Troubridge but had a number of affairs with other women. Â T...
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