Isabel Seymour
Isabel Seymour | |
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| Born | 1882 Middlesex, England |
| Died | 1963 Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England |
| Employer | Women's Social and Political Union |
| Parent(s) | Charles Read Seymour and Marion Frances Violet Seymour (nee Luxford |
Isabel Marion Seymour (1882–1963) was an English suffragette who was employed by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She undertook speaking tours in Europe. She later became a local councillor in Hampshire.
Life
[edit]Seymour was born in 1882 in Middlesex in England. Her parents were Charles and Marion Seymour.[1]
Seymour was introduced to the Women's Social and Political Union by her close friends Frederick Pethick Lawrence and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence.[2] She was employed by the WSPU as hospitality secretary in September 1906.[3] She was involved in administering the accommodation and bail that was required by WSPU members,[4] based at their London headquarters.[2] This was a role she handed over to Irene Dallas in order to be able to travel to speak in Europe in support of women's enfranchisement.[5]
Seymour was a fluent and confident speaker in English and German and she spoke at a meeting of the Prussian National Association for Women's Suffrage in Germany on the on behalf of the WSPU.[3] She also completed a speaking tour in Austria in Russia in 1910.[3]
In 1909, she was honoured with an invitation to Eagle House in Somerset.[4] This was the home of Colonel Linley Blathwayt and Emily Blathwayt. They supported their daughter Mary Blathwayt and the other WSPU members by providing accommodation for recovering suffragettes. In addition Emily had constructed an arboretum of trees where each new tree was planted by a suffragette. The Blathwayts would also create a plaque and photographs would be taken to record the planting. Seymour planted a holly bush on 24 October 1909.[6]
Seymour later moved to Canada for eight years but she returned to the UK. She became a county councillor for Hampshire.[4][3] She died in 1963.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Cowman, Krista (15 July 2007). Women of the right spirit: paid organisers of the women's social and political union (WSPU) 1904-18. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7002-0.
- ^ a b Joannou, Maroula; Purvis, June (1998). The Women's Suffrage Movement: New Feminist Perspectives. Manchester University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7190-4860-9.
- ^ a b c d Crawford, Elizabeth (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. p. 627. ISBN 978-1-135-43402-1.
- ^ a b c "Stepping out from the shadows: lesser-known suffrage champions". www.heritageopendays.org.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Our postbox". Votes for Women. 17 September 1909. p. 781.
- ^ Cynthia Imogen Hammond (5 July 2017). "Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765?965 ": Engaging with Women's Spatial Interventions in Buildings and Landscape. Taylor & Francis. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-1-351-57612-3.
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- 1882 births
- 1963 deaths
- People from Hampshire (before 1974)
- 19th-century English women
- 20th-century English women
- Women's Social and Political Union
- Eagle House suffragettes
- English suffragists
- Women councillors in England
- Councillors in Hampshire
- 20th-century British women politicians
- English expatriates in Canada