Barrister and advocate for women's rights.
Helena Florence Normanton was born in Stratford, London. One of the first female barristers; campaigner for women's rights; pioneer of divorce reform; first married woman to hold a British passport in her own name, after she declined to take on her husband's surname.
Died in a nursing home at 44 Sydenham Hill, Sydenham.
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Helena Normanton
Helena Normanton, 1882 - 1957, barrister and advocate for women's rights, liv...
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