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Person    | Female  Born 15/10/1877  Died 21/10/1964

Teresa Billington-Greig

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Teresa Billington-Greig

School teacher and one of the first paid members of the Women's Social and Political Union. She left  the WSPU - as she considered the leadership too autocratic, and helped create the Women's Freedom League. Born in Preston, Lancashire.

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Teresa Billington-Greig, 1877 - 1964

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