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Gawthorpe, Mary, 1881-1973

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Personal name headingGawthorpe, Mary, 1881-1973
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Associated countryGreat Britain United States
Birth date1881-01-12
Death date1973-03-12
Place of birthLeeds (England)
Place of deathNew York (State)
Field of activityWomen--Suffrage
Profession or occupationSuffragists Socialists
Found inThe freewoman : a weekly feminist review, January 4, 1912: t.p. (Mary Gawthorpe)
Oxford DNB online, 20 Apr. 2016 (Mary Eleanor Gawthorpe; suffragist and socialist; born 12 January 1881 in Leeds; in 1907, wrote "Votes for men", comparing women's militancy to the earlier actions of men to gain enfranchisement; in 1962 published "Up hill to Holloway", the story of her life up to her release from prison in November 1906; married an American, John Sanders, on 19 July 1921; throughout her life she retained her single name; died in the USA, perhaps at her home in Long Island, New York state, on 12 March 1973)
Associated languageeng